The different clinical faces of obstructive sleep apnoea: a cluster analysis

L Ye, GW Pien, SJ Ratcliffe… - European …, 2014 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Although commonly observed in clinical practice, the heterogeneity of obstructive sleep
apnoea (OSA) clinical presentation has not been formally characterised. This study was the …

Changing faces of obstructive sleep apnea: treatment effects by cluster designation in the Icelandic Sleep Apnea Cohort

GW Pien, L Ye, BT Keenan, G Maislin, E Björnsdóttir… - Sleep, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives Distinct clinical phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
have been identified: Disturbed Sleep, Minimally Symptomatic, and Sleepy. Determining …

Hyperhidrosis in sleep disorders–A narrative review of mechanisms and clinical significance

J Idiaquez, JC Casar, ES Arnardottir… - Journal of Sleep …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperhidrosis is characterized by excessive sweating beyond thermoregulatory needs that
affects patients' quality of life. It results from an excessive stimulation of eccrine sweat glands …

Differences in three-dimensional upper airway anatomy between Asian and European patients with obstructive sleep apnea

L Xu, BT Keenan, AS Wiemken, L Chi, B Staley… - Sleep, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives This study evaluated differences in upper airway, soft tissues and
craniofacial structures between Asians from China and Europeans from Iceland with OSA …

Definition of excessive daytime sleepiness in the general population: Feeling sleepy relates better to sleep‐related symptoms and quality of life than the Epworth …

EH Thorarinsdottir, E Bjornsdottir… - Journal of sleep …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Many different subjective tools are being used to measure excessive daytime sleepiness
(EDS) but the most widely used is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). However, it is …

Quality of life among untreated sleep apnea patients compared with the general population and changes after treatment with positive airway pressure

E Bjornsdottir, BT Keenan… - Journal of sleep …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Obstructive sleep apnea leads to recurrent arousals from sleep, oxygen desaturations,
daytime sleepiness and fatigue. This can have an adverse impact on quality of life. The aims …

Effect of sweating on electrode-skin contact impedances and artifacts in EEG recordings with various screen-printed Ag/Agcl electrodes

L Kalevo, T Miettinen, A Leino, S Kainulainen… - Ieee …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In response to the growing clinico-economic need for comprehensive home-based sleep
testing, we recently developed a self-applicable facial electrode set with screen-printed …

Factors influencing excessive daytime sleepiness in adolescents

TS Vilela, LRA Bittencourt, S Tufik, GA Moreira - Jornal de pediatria, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: Sleep deprivation in adolescents has lately become a health issue that tends to
increase with higher stress prevalence, extenuating routines, and new technological devices …

Persistent night sweats: diagnostic evaluation

C Bryce - American Family Physician, 2020 - aafp.org
Night sweats are a nonspecific symptom that patients commonly experience but rarely
discuss with their physicians without prompting. Although many life-threatening causes such …

Facial phenotyping by quantitative photography reflects craniofacial morphology measured on magnetic resonance imaging in Icelandic sleep apnea patients

K Sutherland, RJ Schwab, G Maislin, RWW Lee… - Sleep, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Study Objectives:(1) To determine whether facial phenotype, measured by
quantitative photography, relates to underlying craniofacial obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) …