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Candidate genes for obstructive sleep apnea in non-syndromic children with craniofacial dysmorphisms – a narrative review

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) is a complex disease with multifactorial etiopathogenesis. The presence of craniofacial dysmorphisms influencing the patency of the upper airway is considered a risk factor for POSA development.
Zuzana Marincak Vrankova, Zuzana Marincak Vrankova, Zuzana Marincak Vrankova, Jan Krivanek, Zdenek Danek, Zdenek Danek, Jiri Zelinka, Alena Brysova, Lydie Izakovicova Holla, James K. Hartsfield, Petra Borilova Linhartova, Petra Borilova Linhartova, Petra Borilova Linhartova   +12 more
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Prevalence, characteristics, and respiratory arousal threshold of positional obstructive sleep apnea in China: a large scale study from Shanghai Sleep Health Study cohort

Respiratory Research, 2022
Purpose To evaluate the prevalence, characteristics, and respiratory arousal threshold (ArTH) of Chinese patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) according to the Cartwright Classification (CC) and Amsterdam Positional Obstructive Sleep ...
Weijun Huang, Xiaoting Wang, Chong Xu, Huajun Xu, Huaming Zhu, Suru Liu, Jianyin Zou, Jian Guan, Hongliang Yi, Shankai Yin   +9 more
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Combination With Tomatidine Improves the Potency of Posaconazole Against Trypanosoma cruzi

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021
Azoles such as posaconazole (Posa) are highly potent against Trypanosoma cruzi. However, when tested in chronic Chagas disease patients, a high rate of relapse after Posa treatment was observed. It appears that inhibition of T.
Marianne Rocha-Hasler, Marianne Rocha-Hasler, Marianne Rocha-Hasler, Gabriel Melo de Oliveira, Aline Nefertiti da Gama, Ludmila Ferreira de Almeida Fiuza, Anna Frieda Fesser, Anna Frieda Fesser, Monica Cal, Monica Cal, Romina Rocchetti, Romina Rocchetti, Raiza Brandão Peres, Xue Li Guan, Marcel Kaiser, Marcel Kaiser, Maria de Nazaré Correia Soeiro, Pascal Mäser, Pascal Mäser   +18 more
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The Prevalence of Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in a Sample of the Saudi Population

Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2023
Purpose Positional obstructive sleep apnoea (POSA) is of important clinical significance, as positional treatment can augment or obviate continuous positive airway pressure.
Siraj O. Wali, Ibrahim AlQassas, Sultan Qanash, Hani Mufti, Malak Alamoudi, Maha Alnowaiser, Reem Bakraa, Abdullah Alharbi, Wejdan Ossra, Faris Alhejaili, Ranya Alshumrani, Ghadah A. Batawi   +11 more
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Cardiovascular diseases across OSA phenotypes: A retrospective cohort study

Sleep Medicine: X, 2023
Background: Despite the considerable knowledge of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) implications for cardiac diseases, the evidence regarding cardiovascular complications across OSA phenotypes including Rapid Eye Movement OSA (REM-OSA) and Positional OSA ...
Khaled Al Oweidat, Ahmad A. Toubasi, Thuraya N. Al-Sayegh, Rima A. Sinan, Sara H. Mansour, Hanna K. Makhamreh   +5 more
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Preoperative Spinal Angiography for Thoracic Neuroblastoma: Impact of Identification of the Adamkiewicz Artery on Gross Total Resection and Neurological Sequelae

Children, 2023
Background: Patients with thoracic neuroblastoma (TNB) are at high risk of postoperative neurologic complications due to iatrogenic lesions of the artery of Adamkiewicz (AKA).
Angelo Zarfati, Cristina Martucci, Giorgio Persano, Giulia Cassanelli, Alessandro Crocoli, Silvia Madafferi, Gian Luigi Natali, Maria Antonietta De Ioris, Alessandro Inserra   +8 more
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The Poverty of the Stimulus Argument Once Again

Análisis Filosófico, 2020
The best-known argument in favor of the innatism of certain mental structures is still the ‘Poverty of the Stimulus Argument’ (POSA). The general idea of the POSA is that the knowledge which needs to be acquired to develop a certain cognitive capacity ...
Liza Skidelsky
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A retrospective study: does upper airway morphology differ between non-positional and positional obstructive sleep apnea? [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Objective The objective of this study was to explore the differences in upper airway morphology between positional (POSA) and non-positional (NPOSA) obstructive sleep apnea. Methods This retrospective study enrolled 75 patients (45 NPOSA and 30 POSA) who
Xiao Jiao, Jianyin Zou, Suru Liu, Jian Guan, Hongliang Yi, Shankai Yin   +5 more
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Assessment of Nocturnal Autonomic Cardiac Imbalance in Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea. A Multiscale Nonlinear Approach

Entropy, 2020
Positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) is a major phenotype of sleep apnea. Supine-predominant positional patients are frequently characterized by milder symptoms and less comorbidity due to a lower age, body mass index, and overall apnea-hypopnea ...
Daniel Álvarez, C. Ainhoa Arroyo, Julio F. de Frutos, Andrea Crespo, Ana Cerezo-Hernández, Gonzalo C. Gutiérrez-Tobal, Fernando Vaquerizo-Villar, Verónica Barroso-García, Fernando Moreno, Tomás Ruiz, Roberto Hornero, Félix del Campo   +11 more
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Polysomnographic Phenotype of Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea [PDF]

Journal of Rhinology
Background and Objectives Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent sleep disorder characterized by recurrent upper airway obstruction, leading to disrupted sleep and various health complications.
Jae-Seon Park, Young Bok Kim, Il Seok Park, Sun A Han, Sung Hun Kang, Kyung Chul Lee, Seok Jin Hong   +6 more
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