Pediatric sleep apnea and depressive disorders risk: A population-based 15-year retrospective cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Studies have shown a higher risk of depressive disorders in children with sleep apnea than in those without sleep apnea. However, the association between sleep apnea and subsequent depressive disorders in the pediatric population remains undetermined ...
Chun-Hung Chang +2 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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Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and perioperative complications: a systematic review of the literature. [PDF]
, 2012 Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common sleep related breathing disorder. Its prevalence is estimated to be between 2% and 25% in the general population.
Doghramji, MD, Karl +2 more
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Serum bilirubin and the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations
Respiratory Research, 2017 Background Bilirubin is a potent anti-oxidant and higher serum concentrations of bilirubin have been associated with better lung function, slower lung function decline, and lower incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Kirstin E. Brown +6 more
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Sleep Apnea in Maintenance Hemodialysis: A Mixed-Methods Study
Kidney Medicine, 2020 Rationale & Objective: More than 50% of hemodialysis patients experience sleep disturbance and most have coexisting sleep apnea. However, how sleep apnea affects sleep and the overall experience of patients with chronic kidney disease treated by ...
Ginger Chu +4 more
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Craniofacial morphology in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: cephalometric evaluation
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2022 Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by a reduced airflow through the upper airways during sleep. Two forms of obstructive sleep apnea are described: the central form and the obstructive form.
Michele Tepedino +8 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2019 Background: To determine whether utilizing high-resolution pulse oximetry is a viable method for evaluating the successful titration of oral appliances for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients.Methods: Of 136 consecutive potentially ...
James E. Metz +6 more
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Identification of sleep apnea events using discrete wavelet transform of respiration, ECG and accelerometer signals [PDF]
, 2013 Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder in which patient sleep patterns are disrupted due to recurrent pauses in breathing or by instances of abnormally low breathing. Current gold standard tests for the detection of apnea events are costly and have the
Dermot Diamond +7 more
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Prevalence of several somatic diseases depends on the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 The objective was to investigate the prevalence of heart attack, angina pectoris, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and obesity in relation to the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnea.The ...
Ragnhild L Tveit +2 more
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Scientific Reports, 2020 The relative and combined effects of sleep apnea with diabetes mellitus (DM) on cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remain unknown.
Aye-Thandar Aung +8 more
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