Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Emerging Treatments Targeting the Genioglossus Muscle [PDF]
, 2019 Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of upper airway obstruction caused by a loss of upper airway dilator muscle tone during sleep and an inadequate compensatory response by these muscles in the context of an anatomically
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Early life environment and snoring in adulthood
Respiratory Research, 2008 Background To our knowledge, no studies of the possible association of early life environment with snoring in adulthood have been published. We aimed to investigate whether early life environment is associated with snoring later in life.
Franklin Karl A +11 more
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Quality of life related to residual snoring after adenotonsillectomy: a pilot study [PDF]
Sleep ScienceIntroduction: Few studies have addressed long-term quality of life related to residual snoring after adenotonsillectomy. The aim of this study was to compare scores from the OSA-18 questionnaire between children with residual snoring and non-snoring ...
Rita Catia Brás Bariani +6 more
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Self-Reported Facial Pain in UK Biobank Study : Prevalence and Associated Factors [PDF]
, 2014 Peer ...
Beasley, Marcus +2 more
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Effects of glaucoma and snoring on cerebral oxygenation in the visual cortex: a study using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) [PDF]
, 2018 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of snoring and glaucoma on the visual Haemodynamic Response (HDR) using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).
Aitchison, Ross T. +8 more
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Snoring in Portuguese primary school children [PDF]
, 2000 OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of snoring and its potential associations with sleep problems, such as daytime symptoms, medical conditions, school performance, and behavioral disturbances in Portuguese children attending primary school.
Azevedo, MH +8 more
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Unconstrained video monitoring of breathing behavior and application to diagnosis of sleep apnea [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents a new real-time automated infrared video monitoring technique for detection of breathing anomalies, and its application in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
Gravill, N. +3 more
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Radiofrequency ablation of the lateral palatal space for snoring
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2017 Objective: Pilot study to examine the effect of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the lateral palatal fat pad in patients with socially-disruptive snoring.
B. Tucker Woodson +2 more
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The role of powered instrumentation in the removal of antrochoanal polyps: a 10-Year Review [PDF]
, 2009 Antrochoanal polyps are rare lesions. We report a series of 40 consecutive cases of antrochoanal polyps treated in our tertiary centre over a period of ten years between May 1998 and April 2008. The median age of the patients was 37 years.
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