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Sighs During Sleep in Adult Humans [PDF]

open access: yesSleep, 1983
We analyzed sighs (breaths with a tidal volume at least twice that of baseline breaths) during sleep in 12 normal adults. We found a total of 124 sighs in the group, with an average of 1.66 sighs/h of sleep, but with great intersubject variation (range: 1-25 sighs/night). There were sighs in all sleep stages, but there were more per hour in stage 1. 64.
R, Perez-Padilla, P, West, M H, Kryger
openaire   +2 more sources

Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantification of retinal nerve fiber layer thickness using spectral domain optical coherence tomography in normal Indian population

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
The purpose of this study was to measure peripapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (RNFLT) using spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in normal Indian eyes, for which, 210 normal volunteers were recruited. One eye of each subject
Tarannum Mansoori   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Germline TP53 Mutations Causing Diamond–Blackfan Anemia: A French Report

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diamond–Blackfan anemia is a rare congenital erythroblastopenia typically caused by mutations in ribosomal protein genes. Recently, gain‐of‐function mutations in TP53 have been identified as a novel cause of Diamond–Blackfan anemia. We report two French patients who both harbored a heterozygous TP53 deletion (NM_000546.5: c.1077delA; p ...
Rafael Moisan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early Detection of Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: The Expanding Role of Screening

open access: yesChildren
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a common chronic autoimmune disease in childhood, often presenting abruptly and frequently complicated by diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis.
Marco Calderone   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 in preterm infants with retinopathy of prematurity

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Background: Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is the main cause of visual impairment in preterm newborn infants. Objective: This study was conducted to determine whether insulin-like growth factor binding protein -3 (IGFBP-3) is associated with ...
Manizheh Mostafa Gharehbaghi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unusual sellar lesions mimicking a pituitary neuroendocrine tumour (PitNET)

open access: yesAtti della Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti - Classe di Scienze Medico-Biologiche, 2022
Sellar region hosts a wide range of different types of lesions. Most of these lesions present with mass effect symptoms and, often, with symptoms related to hormonal disturbances, mimicking a pituitary neuroendocrine tumour (PitNET).
Cristina Pizzimenti   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Update on Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management Strategies

open access: yesDiabetology
Youth-onset type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a growing public health challenge. This narrative review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, complications, and therapeutic strategies in children and adolescents with
Bruno Bombaci   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Submacular hemorrhage: A study amongst Indian eyes

open access: yesIndian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2012
Aim: To evaluate the management outcomes amongst various treatment modalities for submacular hemorrhage (SMH) in Indian subjects. Settings and Design: Retrospective, single-center study.
Ekta Rishi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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