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Butyrylcholinesterase is a potential biomarker for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
EBioMedicine, 2022 Summary: Background: Autonomic dysfunction has been implicated in the pathophysiology of the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) is an enzyme of the cholinergic system, a major branch of the autonomic system, and may ...
Carmel Therese Harrington +2 more
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Multimorbidity and overall comorbidity of sleep apnoea: a Finnish nationwide study
ERJ Open Research, 2022 The prevalence of sleep apnoea is increasing globally; however, population-based studies have reported a wide variation of prevalence estimates, and data on incidence of clinically diagnosed sleep apnoea are scant.
Marja Palomäki +5 more
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Links between Sleep Apnoea and Insomnia in a British Cohort
Clocks & Sleep, 2023 Poor sleep is a major public health problem with implications for a wide range of critical health outcomes. Insomnia and sleep apnoea are the two most common causes of poor sleep, and recent studies have shown that these disorders frequently co-occur ...
Yizhou Yu
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OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA [PDF]
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1989 Summary A patient with obstructive sleep apnoea is described, who required admission to an intensive care unit on two separate occasions within 2 months. The first admission was after anaesthesia for operation on the upper airway. The second occurred after a relative overdose of an opioid analgesic was administered.
N M, Tierney, B J, Pollard, B R, Doran
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Applied Sciences, 2023 Background: obstructive sleep apnoea is a common and burdensome condition, characterised by obstruction of the airway during sleep at the level of the pharynx, which may occur with symptoms or without any symptoms.
Rabie Adel El Arab +8 more
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Sleep apnoea and the heart [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2013 Sleep apnoea is associated with significant daytime functioning impairment and marked cardiovascular morbidities, leading to a significant increase in mortality. Sympathetic activation, oxidative stress and systemic inflammation have been shown to be the
Patrick Lévy +3 more
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BMC Medicine, 2021 Background Sleep apnoea, a common sleep-disordered breathing condition, is characterised by upper airway collapse during sleep resulting in transient hypoxia, hypoperfusion of the optic nerve, and spike in intracranial pressure.
Xikun Han +6 more
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Recognising sleep apnoea [PDF]
Singapore Medical Journal, 2015 Most people spend a third of their lives sleeping, and thus, sleep has a major impact on all of us. As sleep is a function and not a structure, it is challenging to treat and prevent its complications. Sleep apnoea is one such complication, with serious and potentially life-threatening consequences.
C H, How, P P, Hsu, K L, Tan
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Sleep apnoea is common in severe peripheral arterial disease. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Atherosclerotic conditions have been demonstrated to be associated with sleep- disordered breathing (SDB). Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) represents severe atherosclerosis with a high mortality. In early stages of PAD a substantial prevalence of sleep
Nadjib Schahab +7 more
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