The Benefit of Sleeve Gastrectomy in Obese Adolescents on Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis and Hepatic Fibrosis [PDF]
, 2017 Objective To determine whether bariatric surgery is effective for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in adolescence, we compared the efficacy of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) with that of lifestyle intervention (nonsurgical ...
Alisi, Anna +10 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a threatening ghost for children with β-thalassemia major
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018 Background/aim Patients with β-thalassemia major (BTM) face a lot of complications. Recently described complication is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In this work, we focused upon OSA in children with BTM and identified the relationship between OSA and ...
Lucy Abdel Mabood Suliman +1 more
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Differentiated effects of the multimodal antidepressant vortioxetine on sleep architecture: Part 1, a pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic comparison with paroxetine in healthy men [PDF]
, 2015 We compared the effect of vortioxetine, paroxetine and placebo after three days of dosing on sleep architecture. This was a randomised, double-blind, four-way crossover, placebo-controlled, multiple-dose study in 24 healthy young men.
Areberg, J +4 more
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Türk Uyku Tıbbı Dergisi, 2018 Objective: To investigate fatigue and sleep disorders based on demographic, clinical and polysomnographic data and show their effects on the quality of life in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.
Ali Özhan Sıvacı +5 more
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Sleep apnea and the impact on cardiovascular risk in patients with Marfan syndrome [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by ectopia lentis, aortic root dilation and dissection and specific skeletal features.
Bauters, Fré +8 more
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Association between obstructive apnea syndrome during sleep and damages to anterior labyrinth: Our experience [PDF]
, 2019 The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a chronic condition characterized by frequent episodes of collapse of the upper airways during sleep. It can be considered a multisystem disease.
Gallina, S. +3 more
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Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 Introduction: The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), defined as the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep, is still used as an important index to assess sleep disordered breathing (SDB) severity, where hypopneas are confirmed by the presence of an ...
Marco Ross +9 more
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Nonlinear aspects of the EEG during sleep in children [PDF]
, 2005 Electroencephalograph (EEG) analysis enables the neuronal behavior of a section of the brain to be examined. If the behavior is nonlinear then nonlinear tools can be used to glean information on brain behavior, and aid in the diagnosis of sleep ...
Abbott, Derek +9 more
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Medicina, 2022 Background and Objectives: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related respiratory disorder that affects between 5% and 20% of the population. In obstructive sleep apnea, lingual tonsillar hypertrophy (LTH) has been suggested as a contributing ...
Ashraf Wahba +7 more
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Treatment of cardiomyopathy with PAP therapy in a patient with severe obstructive sleep apnea. [PDF]
, 2012 Obstructive sleep apnea is common in patients with heart failure. This case illustrates that treatment with PAP therapy can improve cardiac function in patients with both conditions.
Grewal, MD, Ritu G.
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