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Long-term positive airway pressure therapy is associated with reduced total cholesterol levels in patients with obstructive sleep apnea : data from the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA)

open access: yes, 2020
: Background and aim: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for dyslipidemia. The current study examined the effects of positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment on lipid status in the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA).
European Sleep Apnea Database collaborators   +15 more
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Endophenotypes

open access: yesSleep Science
AbstractObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder with major neurocognitive and cardiometabolic consequences. It is now recognized as a heterogeneous disease with multiple different underlying mechanisms (endotypes) as well as variable clinical expression of disease (phenotypes).
Janna Rae Raphelson   +3 more
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Obesity and Craniofacial Abnormalities are Independent Causal Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

open access: yes, 2014
OBJECTIVES:Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome is characterised by recurrent episodes offunctional pharyngeal airway obstruction during sleep. Here, we examined the craniofacial characteristicsand body mass index of patients with obstructive sleep ...
Imai, Yutaka   +3 more
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Chapter 31 - Obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome

open access: yes
Children with Down syndrome have a very high risk for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) attributable to multilevel obstruction. Adenotonsillectomy is only partially effective, and positive airway pressure use is met with noncompliance.
Cheong, Crystal, Tapia, Ignacio E.
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Mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea

open access: yes, 2008
Amy Atkeson, Sanja JelicDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NYAbstract: Endothelial activation and inflammation are important mediators of accelerated atherogenesis
Sanja Jelic, Amy Atkeson
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The tyranny of distance – mapping accessibility to polysomnography services across Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper finds that remote and very remote communities continue to experience inequity in health care in accessibility to specialist services such as diagnostic sleep studies.
Cindy Woods
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Screening for obstructive sleep apnea among patients undergoing coronary catheterization in Jordan

open access: yes, 2019
Mohamad I Jarrah,1 Ahmed M Yassin,2 Rasheed K Ibdah,1 Ali M Ibnian,1 Ahmad A Eyadeh,1 Basheer Y Khassawneh11Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 2Department of Neuro sciences ...
Jarrah MI   +5 more
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Impact of diet on cardiometabolic risk in patients with obstructive sleep apnea [PDF]

open access: yes
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious condition associated with increased morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD). It has been found that OSA and obesity commonly coexist.
Domenico Basta
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Obstructive sleep apnea: current perspectives

open access: yes, 2018
Amal M Osman,1,2 Sophie G Carter,1,2 Jayne C Carberry,1,2 Danny J Eckert1,2 1Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA), 2School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia Abstract: The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea ...
Carter SG   +3 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea and psychomotor vigilance task performance

open access: yes, 2014
Salma Batool-Anwar,1 Stefanos N Kales,3,4 Sanjay R Patel,1 Vasileia Varvarigou,3 Pamela N DeYoung,2 Atul Malhotra21Department of Medicine, Sleep Disorders Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 2Pulmonary Critical Care Division ...
Kales SN   +5 more
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