SVM-Based Sleep Apnea Identification Using Optimal RR-Interval Features of the ECG Signal [PDF]
, 2015 Sleep apnea (SA) is the most commonly known sleeping disorder characterized by pauses of airflow to the lungs and often results in day and night time symptoms such as impaired concentration, depression, memory loss, snoring, nocturnal arousals, sweating ...
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Gray matter hypertrophy and thickening with obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged and older adults [PDF]
, 2017 Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea causes intermittent hypoxemia, hemodynamic fluctuations, and sleep fragmentation, all of which could damage cerebral gray matter that can be indirectly assessed with neuroimaging.
Baril, Andrée-Ann +9 more
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The effect of nasal surgery on apnea-hypopnea index [PDF]
Reviews in Clinical Medicine, 2014 One of the factors, which is involved in obstructive sleep apnea, is anatomic or inflammatory pathologies of nasal airway obstruction. Thus, it is logical to observe improvement of polysomnographic parameters of sleep-disordered breathing after nasal ...
Navid Nourizadeh +6 more
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Atrial fibrillation among patients under investigation for suspected obstructive sleep apnea.
PLoS ONE, 2017 Study objectivesObstructive sleep apnea is common among patients with atrial fibrillation, but the prevalence and risk factors for atrial fibrillation among patients who are being investigated on suspicion of sleep apnea are not well known.
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A Clinical Evaluation of a Low-Cost Strain Gauge Respiration Belt and Machine Learning to Detect Sleep Apnea [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Sleep apnea is a serious and severely under-diagnosed sleep-related respiration disorder characterized by repeated disrupted breathing events during sleep. It is diagnosed via polysomnography which is an expensive test conducted in a sleep lab requiring sleep experts to manually score the recorded data.
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Nepalese Medical Journal, 2019 Introduction: Sleep-disordered breathing comprises of obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and periodic breathing. There is a link between obesity diabetes and sleep apnea with its association with retinopathy.
Milesh Jung Sijapati +3 more
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Effects of the CPAP Treatment on the NON-REM Sleep Microstructures in Patients with Severe Apnea-Hypoapnea Syndrome [PDF]
, 2014 Sleep quality is affected in patients with sleep apnea- hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) with nocturnal and diurnal consequences. Most of these patients who are treated with positive airway pressure (CPAP) return to normal sleep patterns.
Blanco, Susana Alicia Ana +3 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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Right ventricular echocardiographic parameters predict severe sleep apnea syndrome in patients with heart failure [PDF]
Exploration of MedicineAim: The study aimed to determine which right ventricle echocardiography parameters were associated with severe sleep apnea syndrome in heart failure patients with sleep apnea syndrome.
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