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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: a dental perspective [PDF]

, 2003
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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Mechanism of development of pre-eclampsia linking breathing disorders to endothelial dysfunction [PDF]

, 2009
High blood pressure is an important component of pre-eclampsia. The underlying mechanism of development of hypertension in pre-eclampsia is complicated and still remains obscure.
Barnes, Vernon A., Fadel, Hossam E., Ravinder, Jerath   +2 more
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Application of latent class analysis in assessing the awareness, attitude, practice and satisfaction of paediatricians on sleep disorder management in children in Italy. [PDF]

, 2020
AIM: To identify subgroups regarding paediatricians' awareness, attitude, practice and satisfaction about management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing (SDB) in Italy using Latent Class Analysis (LCA).
Amelia Balzarini, Angela Salvatore, Broggi G, Brunetti L, Carolina De Chiara, Cilluffo G, Cutrera R, Diletta Valentini, Dominga Cardaropoli, Ferrante G, Giuseppe Rosselli, La Grutta S, Masini L, Niespolo AC, Nosetti L, Paglietti MG, Paolo Barracchini, Pavone M, Salvatore Iasevoli, Sinibaldo Iemboli, Stefania Porcu, Valentina Tranchino, Valeria Spica Russotto, Verrillo E, Zaffanello M   +24 more
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A Classification Method Related to Respiratory Disorder Events Based on Acoustical Analysis of Snoring

Archives of Acoustics, 2020
Acoustical analysis of snoring provides a new approach for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). A classification method is presented based on respiratory disorder events to predict the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of OSAHS ...
Can WANG, Jianxin PENG, Xiaowen ZHANG
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Crouzon’s syndrome with adenotonsillitis: conventional surgery in altered anatomy. [PDF]

, 2013
Background/Objectives: Crouzon’s syndrome is characterized by premature closure of the cranial sutures, midface hypoplasia, orbital deformities & other associated abnormalities.Children with Crouzon syndrome frequently have obstructive sleep apnea ...
Appaji, Mohan, Devi, Pinky, MK, Goutham, Naik, Sarika s, Naik, Sudhir M, S, Ravishankar, SM, Annapurna   +6 more
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Response to Shayah and Coatesworth [PDF]

, 2009
Full assessment of snoring should involve general and local factors which contribute to the patient's complaint, such as any history of apnoea attacks, high body mass index, reflux, smoking, alcohol consumption, uvulasize and laxity of soft palate ...
MacKenzie, K., McGarry, G.W., Robertson, S., Young, D.   +3 more
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Treatment of Snoring with a Nasopharyngeal Airway Tube

Case Reports in Medicine, 2016
Objective. To study the feasibility of a standard nasopharyngeal airway tube (NPAT) as treatment for snoring. Methods. An obese 35-year-old man, who is a chronic, heroic snorer, used NPATs while (1) the patient’s bedpartner scored the snoring and (2) the
Macario Camacho, Edward T. Chang, Camilo Fernandez-Salvador, Robson Capasso   +3 more
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Sleep Disturbances and Glucose Metabolism in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. [PDF]

, 2015
ObjectiveWe examined the associations of symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which was defined as loud snoring, stopping breathing for a while during sleep, and daytime sleepiness, and insomnia with glucose metabolism and incident type 2 ...
Biggs, Mary Lou, Carnethon, Mercedes, Djoussé, Luc, Janszky, Imre, Kaplan, Robert C, Mukamal, Kenneth J, Patel, Sanjay R, Redline, Susan, Robbins, John A, Siscovick, David S, Strand, Linn Beate   +10 more
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Domiciliary nasal respiratory support : first experiences in Malta [PDF]

, 1997
Nasal respiratory support is a non-invasive alternative to conventional assisted ventilation with endotracheal intubation, or the more cumbersome negative pressure ventilators.
Camilleri, R., Galea Debono, Anthony, Montefort, Stephen   +2 more
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Heart rate variability in non-apneic snorers and controls before and after continuous positive airway pressure

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2005
Background We hypothesized that sympathetic nervous system activity (SNSA) is increased and parasympathetic nervous system activity (PNSA) is decreased during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep in non-apneic, otherwise healthy, snoring individuals ...
Mateika Jason H, Mateika Susan E, Gates Gregory J   +2 more
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