.... Objectives: The effect of iVAPS on sleep quality in stable hypercapnic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been determined. Methods: In this randomized, open-label, two-treatment, two-period, crossover study, patients were randomized to receive high-intensity (HI)-NPPV...

...Marc Miravitlles; Milagros Iriberri; Miguel Barrueco; Marta Lleonart; Elena Villarrubia; Jordi Galera Background: The Living with COPD (LCOPD), COPD and Asthma Fatigue Scale (CAFS), and COPD and Asthma Sleep Impact Scale (CASIS) are instruments developed to assess the overall impact of chronic...

...Silke Ryan; Liam S. Doherty; Clare Rock; Geraldine M. Nolan; Walter T. McNicholas Background: Sleep is associated with important adverse effects in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), such as disturbed sleep quality and gas exchange, including hypoxemia and hypercapnia...

...Gabriele M. Barthlen Patients with neuromuscular disease may suffer from nocturnal respiratory failure despite normal daytime respiratory function. The physiological reduction in muscle tone during sleep may be life-threatening in a patient with impaired muscle strength. Nocturnal respiratory...

... and respiratory cycle time than controls. Asleep, periodic breathing occurred during up to 100% of the time spent in light sleep, but not during deep sleep. A strong correlation was found with age (r = 0.73, p = 0.01). No relationship was found between disturbed breathing awake and asleep. There was a tendency...

...Marc Rey; François Philip-Joet; Jean-Renaud Barrière; Marline Reynaud; Irmine Guignon; André Dicroco; Alain Arnaud EEG color density spectral array enables quick evaluation of sleep. The aim of the study was to evaluate if an easily calculated sleep score based on this method could be used...

...Francois Philip-Joet; Marc Rey; Jean Michel Triglia; Martine Reynaud; Micheline Saadjian; Alain Saadjian; Alain Arnaud To determine its predictive value, polysomnography was performed on 14 snorers with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) before and 3 months after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP). In the 8...

...Bengt Midgren; Lennart Hansson; Susanna Ahlmann; Dan Elmqvist Serious respiratory depression may occur in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), receiving hypnotics during acute exacerbations. However, in a previous study on oxygenation during sleep in patients with stable...

...Francisco Hora; Lara Maris Nápolis; Carla Daltro; Sérgio Keidi Kodaira; Sérgio Tufik; Sônia Maria Togeiro; Luiz Eduardo Nery Background: Obese subjects are at increased risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). However, the individual role of local (i.e., upper airway-related...

...Johan Verbraecken; M. Willemen; W. de Cock; P. Van de Heyning; W. de Backer We report a case of a 73-year-old woman with chronic respiratory failure in association with syringohydromyelia and sleep apnea. She was initially intubated and mechanically ventilated. Weaning from the ventilator was only...

...Juan-Carlos Vázquez; Rogelio Pérez-Padilla Objective: To investigate the impact of oxygen on sleep and breathing in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) in Mexico City, at 2,240 m of altitude. Participants: Nineteen ILD patients with a mean FVC of 58 ± 17% pred. (SD) and a mean PaO 2 of 51...

...J. Verbraecken; M. Willemen; W. de Cock; P. Van de Heyning; W.A. de Backer Background: It was shown in normals that an important decrease in upper airway resistance can be obtained with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). It was suggested that lung inflation in patients with sleep apnea...