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Background Obstructive sleep apnoea is a common disorder with under-rated clinical impact, which is increasingly being recognised as having a major bearing on global disease burden.
Chamara Visanka Senaratna +10 more
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Summary: Background: COPD is an established risk factor for lung cancer. Sleep apnoea is prevalent in COPD and the inflammation caused by intermittent hypoxaemia may increase this lung cancer risk.
Kristiaan Proesmans +2 more
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The contribution of fatigue and sleepiness to depression in patients attending the sleep laboratory for evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea [PDF]
Purpose: A high prevalence of depressive symptomatology has been reported amongst sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), but it remains unclear as to whether this is due to their OSA or other factors associated with the disorder.
Downey, Luke +5 more
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Therapeutic alternatives with CPAP in obstructive sleep apnea [PDF]
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), characterized by airflow cessation (apnea) or reduction (hypopnea) due to repeated pharyngeal obstructions during sleep, causes frequent disruption of sleep and hypoxic events. The condition is linked to many adverse health
Aluas, Maria +8 more
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: a dental perspective [PDF]
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is regarded as a potentially life threatening breathing disorder characterised by periodic cessation of air intake during sleep.
Mulligan, Kevin M.
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Domiciliary nasal respiratory support : first experiences in Malta [PDF]
Nasal respiratory support is a non-invasive alternative to conventional assisted ventilation with endotracheal intubation, or the more cumbersome negative pressure ventilators.
Camilleri, R. +2 more
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Physiological monitoring in the complex multi-morbid heart failure patient - Introduction. [PDF]
Repeated physiological monitoring of comorbidities in heart failure (HF) is pivotal. This document introduces the main challenges related to physiological monitoring in the complex multimorbid HF patient, arising during an ESC consensus meeting on this ...
Rosano, GMC, Seferović, PM
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Vocal cord dysfunction and lyrangeal hyper-responsiveness: a function of altered autonomic balance? [PDF]
The interrelationships between vocal cord dysfunction and laryngeal hyperresponsiveness may have profound implications in the diagnosis and management of patients with difficult respiratory ...
Ayers, J.G., Gabbott, P.L.G.
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Introduction This study aimed to examine the effects of moderate-intensity interval training (MIIT) on the quality of sleep and functional capacity in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients with different presentations of sleep apnoea after coronary artery ...
Hady Atef +4 more
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Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Empirical Mode Decomposition of Pulse Oximetry
Detection of desaturations on the pulse oximetry signal is of great importance for the diagnosis of sleep apneas. Using the counting of desaturations, an index can be built to help in the diagnosis of severe cases of obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea ...
Di Persia, Leandro E. +3 more
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