Obstructive sleep apnoea

A Malhotra, DP White - The lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a disease of increasing importance because of its
neurocognitive and cardiovascular sequelae. Abnormalities in the anatomy of the pharynx …

Insomnia: conceptual issues in the development, persistence, and treatment of sleep disorder in adults

CA Espie - Annual review of psychology, 2002 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract This paper critically reviews the evidence base for previously reported conceptual
models of the development and persistence of insomnia. Although a number of perspectives …

Augmented resting sympathetic activity in awake patients with obstructive sleep apnea

JT Carlson, J Hedner, M Elam, H Ejnell, J Sellgren… - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
Muscle nerve sympathetic activity (MSA) was recorded during wakefulness in 11 patients
with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and in 9 sex-and age-matched healthy control subjects …

[PDF][PDF] Home diagnosis of sleep apnea: a systematic review of the literature: an evidence review cosponsored by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the …

WW Flemons, MR Littner, JA Rowley, P Gay… - Chest, 2003 - researchgate.net
Sleep apnea is a common disorder that affects both children and adults. It is characterized
by periods of breathing cessation (apnea) and periods of reduced breathing (hypopnea) …

Sleep apnea and sleep disruption in obese patients

AN Vgontzas, TL Tan, EO Bixler… - Archives of internal …, 1994 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives: To describe the frequency and severity of sleep apnea in obese patients without
a primary sleep complaint and to assess the sleep patterns of obese patients without apnea …

Effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on daytime function in sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

HM Engleman, SE Martin, NJ Douglas, IJ Deary - The Lancet, 1994 - Elsevier
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for the sleep
apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS); it is usually given with the aim of improving daytime …

Anatomy of pharynx in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and in normal subjects

S Isono, JE Remmers, A Tanaka… - Journal of Applied …, 1997 - journals.physiology.org
Isono, Shiroh, John E Remmers, Atsuko Tanaka, Yasuhide Sho, Jiro Sato, and Takashi
Nishino. Anatomy of pharynx in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and in normal …

Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing and sleep apnea in middle-aged urban Indian men

ZF Udwadia, AV Doshi, SG Lonkar… - American journal of …, 2004 - atsjournals.org
No data are available on the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and
obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) in Indians. We conducted a two …

Randomized placebo-controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in the sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome

JF Faccenda, TW Mackay, NA Boon… - American Journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Arterial blood pressure rises at apnea termination, and there is increasing evidence that the
sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is associated with daytime hypertension but no …

Neck and total body fat deposition in nonobese and obese patients with sleep apnea compared with that in control subjects

IL Mortimore, I Marshall, PK Wraith… - American journal of …, 1998 - atsjournals.org
Around 50% of patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) are not obese:
body mass index (BMI)< 30 kg/m2. We hypothesized that local fat deposition around the …