perioperative care of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

... [h] OSAS – patients with untreated OSAS; Severe OSAS – patients with AHI ≥ 30; CPAP-OSAS – patients with OSAS treated successfully at a first attempt with CPAP, controls – subjects without OSAS; ... – Epworth sleepiness score; TST – total sleep time; AHI (apnea/ hypopnea index) – the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep; ODI (oxygen desaturation index) – the number of desaturations ... the appearance of pCL; OSAS – patients with the untreated OSAS; Severe OSAS – patients with AHI ≥ 30; CPAP-OSAS – patients with OSAS treated successfully after a first attempt with CPAP, controls...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:21

... Shepard JW Jr: Successful treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in three patients with mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity Mayo Clin Proc ... Schwartz AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructive sleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upper airway Otolaryngol ... associated with OSAS have been reported Kimura et al [12] presented three cases of patients with OSAS due to mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity, which were successfully treated with the use of CPAP...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 03:21

... Shepard JW Jr: Successful treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with use of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in three patients with mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity Mayo Clin Proc ... Schwartz AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructive sleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upper airway Otolaryngol ... associated with OSAS have been reported Kimura et al [12] presented three cases of patients with OSAS due to mucosal hemangiomas of the oral cavity, which were successfully treated with the use of CPAP...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 07:20

... snoring patients with and without obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995, 20:159-162 Lowe A, Santamaria J, Fleetham J, et al.: Facial morphology and obstructive sleep apnea ... cephalometric variables in patients with obstructive sleep apnea Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161(2 Pt 1):347-352 Pae EK, Ferguson KA: Cephalometric characteristics of nonobese patients with severe OSA ... Boutault F: Craniofacial differences according to the body mass index of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: cephalometric study in 85 patients British J Oral Maxillofacial Surg 2001,...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 00:20

... Darcey V, Kuna ST: Obstructive sleep apnea among obese patients with type diabetes Diabetes Care 2009, 32(6):1017-1019 25 Pamidi S, Aronsohn RS, Tasali E: Obstructive sleep apnea: role in the ... of obstructive sleep apnea in type diabetics improves glycemic control during sleep J Clin Sleep Med 2008, 4(6):538-542 28 Pallayova M, Donic V, Tomori Z: Beneficial effects of severe sleep apnea ... sleep apnea- hypopnea syndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2001, 163(2):344-348 16 Rauscher H, Formanek D, Popp W, Zwick H: Nasal CPAP and weight loss in hypertensive patients with obstructive sleep...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 13:22

... improve the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer Thus, a key issue exists – can the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer be enhanced by leveraging on the role of pharmacoinformatics ... usefulness of pharmacoinformatics tools in oncology practice The application of pharmacoinformatics can definitely enhance the pharmaceutical care of patients with cancer, through the reduction of DRPs, ... .39 2.2 Healthcare professionals’ sources of anticancer drug interaction information 40 2.3 Sources of drug interaction information based on the practice settings of healthcare professionals...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 15:50

... patient's obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (apnoea and hypopnoea index at 61.4/h and desaturation index of 42.1/h) A severe condition of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome was observed with and without ... lack of excessive daytime sleepiness, a trial of positive airway pressure (automatic mode) was proposed, with the minimal pressure of cmH20 and maximum pressure of 15 cmH2O General measures of sleep ... reduction of the size of the nasopharynx and a paresis of the left aryepiglotic fold with hypertrophy of the right one (Figure 7A) were noted Extended periods of vibration of the walls of the oropharynx...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 14:21

... the prone position on patients with hydrostatic pulmonary edema compared with patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome and pulmonary fibrosis Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161:360-368 ... 40–49 31–40 0–31 Quartiles of SAPS II Proning may benefit the most seriously ill subset of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome Those in the quartile with the highest Simplified ... Effect of prone positioning on the survival of patients with acute respiratory failure N Engl J Med 2001, 345:568-573 The ARDS Network: Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 18:21

... fluid [7], and was associated with a lower incidence of MOF [8] However, the measurement of proinflammatory cytokines does not address the issue of maintenance of alveolar–epithelial barrier ... the development of MOF [6] In a randomized controlled trial conducted in 44 patients, Ranieri and coworkers demonstrated that a lung protective strategy attenuated the levels of proinflammatory ... Critical Care June 2004 Vol No dos Santos and Slutsky that this is associated with apoptosis of cells in distal organs (kidney, villi of colon) and end-organ dysfunction...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... developed with the intention of creating a care path with rapid pre-operative attention, increased continuity and an accelerated training programme without disturbing the flow of patients with other ... to facilitate a healthy transition process In contrast to the care of younger patients, the care of elderly patients is more complex with more factors involved (such as health status, co-morbidities, ... studies of ICPs in patients with hip fractures have been conducted using this method [13-16] The results of the present study are largely consistent with those reported in similar studies of ICPs...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 00:20

... years of age of whom the GPs consider themselves to be the physician taking care of the treatment of this condition in the patient We expect eight to ten patients per practice [18,19] Patients ... detect a difference of 0.3 points with a standard deviation of (a relatively small effect), with alpha = 0.05 and beta = 0.20, ICC = 0.05, a total of 51 practices with 10 patients each would ... Evidence of change will be assessed by studying the effects of the intervention on patients with CHF registered with the participating GPs As in the pilot [10], GPs will include all CHF patients...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 10:23

... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... 25% of care provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality of care studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 05:21

... related to health care organizations in primary and secondary care [31-33] Aim The aim of this study is to improve the quality of care for patients with diabetes cared for in primary care by identifying ... the primary care team There are National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness (NICE) guidelines defining standards of care, but studies of the quality of care for patients with diabetes ... 25% of care provided is not needed or potentially harmful [7,8] A review of quality of care studies (including diabetes) from UK primary care concluded that 'in almost all studies the process of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 16:20

... Obstructive sleep apnea Figure effective1CPAP in patients without obstructive sleep apnea, OSA patients without treatment and OSA patients with Late lumen losstherapy Late lumen loss in patients without ... similar in patients with or without sleep apnea, in both groups most of the patients were men (see Table 1) There was a high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors The proportion of patients with ... group of 35 patients with coronary artery disease They suggested, that nocturnal hypoxemia may be associated with coronary restenosis Nevertheless, confirmation of the diagnosis of sleep apnea syndrome...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 15:21

... conducted to assess the offset times of the pharmacodynamic effects of prolonged remifentanil infusions in ICU patients with varying degrees of renal impairment, including patients with severe renal ... those of remifentanil in patients with moderate/severe renal impairment Offset of the pharmacodynamic effects of remifentanil The primary objective of the study was to confirm that accumulation of ... of mechanically ventilated patients with varying degrees of renal impairment • Overall, the µ opioid effects of remifentanil were not prolonged in patients with renal impairment The time to offset...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... (11%) (5%) Number (%) of patients with a serious adverse event (5%) (5%) (5%) Number (%) of patients with a drug-related serious adverse event (1%) 0 Number (%) of patients with any adverse event ... effects of remifentanil compared with those of alfentanil [8] and fentanyl [9] are similar; remifentanil also has a safety profile similar to that of other opioids [8-10] The predictable offset of ... analysed by using an analysis of variance with baseline entered as a covariate The proportion of patients with the most common adverse events (defined as 5% or more of patients experiencing the adverse...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 20:20

... cardiac output in patients with various types of shock in the ICU [1,14] In agreement with the findings reported by Jannuzzi and coworkers in the present issue of Critical Care [1], previous ... testing for the evaluation Page of (page number not for citation purposes) of critically ill patients with shock in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study Crit Care 2006, 10:R37 Maisel ... spectrum of critically ill patients Further clinical trials should lead to the establishment of treatment protocols for the use of PAC in this patient population The additional measurement of NT-proBNP...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 23:23

... include patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring a PEEP of 20 cm H2O in our protocol Page of (page number not for citation purposes) because a pressure limitation of the ... all patients had abdominal sepsis In the latter group, three out of the 10 patients had an open abdomen after decompression for intra-abdominal hypertension; the remainder of the patients with ... mechanically ventilated patients with and without acute respiratory failure, measured EELV was markedly reduced in comparison with the predicted sitting FRC Only in patients with secondary lung disorders...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:23

... in Norway The range of patients observed for each clinician was 2-119 with a median of 30 in Denmark and 20 in Norway Number of maintenance care patients The range of MC patients per chiropractor ... the remaining patients were MC patients and 542 non-MC patients The range of clinicians per student was 1-4 and the range of patients per student was 15-119 The median number of patients observed ... proportion of patients on MC care in general chiropractic practice? Are there specific patterns of intervals between treatments for patients and, if so, how they differ between MC patients and non-MC patients? ...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 14:20

... risk class I, five patients (not admitted to ICU) died within three days of ED presentation The risk class I patients accounted for 2510 of 4593 (54.6%) and 1099 of 1967 (55.9%) patients, respectively, ... prospective cohorts of patients with CAP, we derived and validated the REA-ICU index to predict ICU referral within the first three days of hospital admission in patients without overt circulatory ... derivation and validation cohorts, with 27 out of 2510 (1.1%) and 14 out of 1099 (1.3%) of these patients admitted to the ICU, respectively Among these 41 patients, 10 were classified as high-risk...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:20