...Mohammed Al-Sadawi; Kleanthis Theodoropoulos; Farzane Saeidifard; Adekunle Kiladejo; Mohammad Al-Ajam; Louis Salciccioli; Adam S. Budzikowski Background: This meta-analysis assessed the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and echocardiographic parameters of diastolic dysfunction (DD...

... with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: We searched the databases for randomized clinical trials including Ovid MEDLINE, Ovid Embase Scopus, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and EBSCO CINAHL from inception up to December 20, 2019. The search was not restricted to time, publication status, or language. Two...

...Fabienne L. Huber; Michael Furian; Malcolm Kohler; Tsogyal D. Latshang; Yvonne Nussbaumer-Ochsner; Alexander Turk; Otto D. Schoch; Irene Laube; Robert Thurnheer; Konrad E. Bloch Background: In patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), the preference-based, health-related quality...

...Annie-Christine Lajoie; Frédéric Sériès; Sarah Bernard; Emmanuelle Bernard; Carlos Javier Egea Santaolalla; Araceli Abad Fernández; François Maltais; Yves Lacasse Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnea are common conditions and often coexist. The proper diagnosis...

...Jan Benjamin Pietzsch; Ann-Kathrin Richter; Winfried Randerath; Armin Steffen; Shan Liu; Benjamin P. Geisler; Jürgen Wasem; Janine Biermann-Stallwitz Background: Upper airway stimulation (UAS) is a treatment approach for patients with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea who cannot adhere...

... sleep apnea (39%) with a mean apnea-hypopnea index of 29.59/h (16.48; 48.27), an oxygen desaturation index of 27.09/h (14.09; 45.25), time below 90% saturation of 18 min (2; 64), and a mean nocturnal saturation of 93% (92; 94). Univariate analysis found nocturnal hypoxemia was associated with higher BMI...

...: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Objectives: The Sleep Apnea in Lung Cancer (SAIL) study (NCT02764866) was designed to determine the prevalence of OSA in patients with lung cancer. Methods: Cross-sectional study including consecutive patients with newly...

...Robert Thurnheer; Silvia Ulrich; Konrad E. Bloch Among patients with sleep apnea the reported prevalence of precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) has varied largely, depending on patient selection, disease definition, and associated conditions, in particular chronic pulmonary disease. However...

... to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Genetics Sleep apnea Dear Editor, We read the article by Uyrum et al. [ 1 ] with great interest. In this well-conducted study, Uyrum et al. elegantly detail how...

.... Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Sleep apnea Overlap syndrome Actigraph Portable monitoring Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common condition caused mainly by smoking, and it has become a burden worldwide [ 1 ]. The prevalence of COPD in Japan is 8.6%, which is comparable...

...J.L. Pépin; M. Guillot; R. Tamisier; P. Lévy Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has been recognized as a major public health problem. Both its cardiovascular and metabolic comorbidities and symptoms motivate for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The main stimulus associated...

...Per S. Stål; Bengt Johansson Background: Histopathological alterations and a reduced number of capillaries have been observed in the palate muscles of snorers with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). These changes may create a substrate for decreased microcirculation, impaired aerobic...

...Yanru Li; Jingying Ye; Tianzuo Li; Na Lin; Zhenchang Wang; Chenyang Liang; Al Sperry; Demin Han Background: The retropalatal airway is one of the most collapsible sites during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The primary anatomical contributors to increased collapsibility...

...Karen L. Sweazea; Nancy L. Kanagy; Benjimen R. Walker Background: Although there often is a clinical co-incidence of increased adiposity and obstructive sleep apnea, each factor is independently associated with elevated oxidative stress. Objective: We hypothesized that overweight rats exposed...

...Daniel Rodenstein Obstructive sleep apnea has been associated with a high risk for motor vehicle accidents, probably the highest of all risks due to medical conditions. Treatment of sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure appears to reduce the risk of traffic accidents to the one...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Hemodynamic effects Hypertension Sleep Apnea Snoring Somnolence Tracheostomy Upper airway resistance respiration...

...Stephen C. Wilhoit; Paul M. Suratt; Robert J. Evans; Edward D. Brown; Donald L. Kaiser Because there is no uniform method of measuring the severity of sleep apnea, we compared respiratory indices calculated from airflow and oxyhemoglobin saturation (SaO 2 ) signals in 16 subjects during a night’s...

... to that in patients of comparable age without a pacemaker. A heart rhythm disturbance does not seem to be an independent risk factor for development of SDB. Nevertheless, the differential diagnosis of bradycardic rhythm disturbances in this age group should include a screening for sleep apnea. 6 1 2009...

... and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Sleep apnea Biomarkers Endothelial dysfunction Atherosclerosis Obesity Cardiovascular (CV) diseases...

... Pickwickian syndrome Sleep apnea Noninvasive mechanical ventilation Continuous positive airway pressure Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is a clinical entity characterized by the coexistence of obesity and hypercapnia during wakefulness [ 1 ]. Although its prevalence is currently unknown...