... Background Obstructivesleepapnea (OSA) is a common disorder defined by upperairway obstruction, apneaand nocturnal hypoxia There is a prevalence of OSA in patients with coronary artery disease of ... TF: Vascular reactivity in obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000, 161(1):187-191 Hamiliton GS, Solin P, Naughton MT: Obstructivesleep apnoea and cardiovascular disease ... T, Adachi M: Elevated levels of C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in patients with obstructivesleepapneasyndrome are decreased by nasal continuous positive airway pressure Circulation 2003,...
... [8] Abnormalities of the facial skeleton andof the soft tissues, in association with the narrowing of the upper respiratory airway, often lead to the onset ofobstructiveapnea The most frequent ... positioning of the hyoid bone, reduced cranial base length and angle, large ANB angle, steep mandibular plane, elongated maxillary and mandibular teeth, narrowing of the upper airway, long and large soft ... patients with and without obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1995, 20:159-162 Lowe A, Santamaria J, Fleetham J, et al.: Facial morphology andobstructivesleepapnea Am J...
... ofobstructivesleepapnea 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 sleepapnea ... Prevalence ofsleepapnea in a population of adults with type diabetes mellitus Endocr Pract 2007, 13(4):355-362 23 Aronsohn RS, Whitmore H, Van Cauter E, Tasali E: Impact of untreated obstructivesleep ... Kuna ST: Obstructivesleepapnea among obese patients with type diabetes Diabetes Care 2009, 32(6):1017-1019 25 Pamidi S, Aronsohn RS, Tasali E: Obstructivesleep apnea: role in the risk and severity...
... cause of excessive daytime sleepiness The upperairwayresistancesyndrome Chest 1993, 104:781-787 Andrews JG, Oei TP: The roles of depression and anxiety in the understanding and treatment ofObstructive ... as REM sleep disinhibition) [43] On the other hand, the sleepof patients with OSA is fragmented, and contains a lot of transitional sleep stages (stage 1) at the expense of REM sleepand particularly ... moderately obese patients with obstructivesleepapnea Ann Intern Med 1985, 103:850-855 Weitzman ED, Kahn E, Pollak CP: Quantitative analysis ofsleepandsleepapnea before and after tracheostomy in...
... clinical symptomsofsleepapnea (snoring, witnessed apneas, and hypertension) and three signsofsleepapnea (thyro-mental space less than 1.5 cm, pharyngeal grade > 2, and the presence of an overbite) ... diagnosis and treatment ofobstructivesleepapneaand other sleep disorders The reader might wonder why a neurologist is editing a two-volume set of books on obstructivesleep apnea, since it is a sleep- related ... practice and the tools at the disposal of the sleep medicine physician DIAGNOSIS OFSLEEPAPNEA Modern diagnosis ofsleepapnea has its roots in the landmark descriptions by Gastaut (2,3), Jung and...
... the size of the craniofacial structures UpperAirway During Sleep Abnormal upperairway anatomy predisposes to airway collapse during sleep The onset ofsleep is associated with a number of changes ... enhanced our understanding ofupperairway anatomy and its relationship to OSA (30–49) Most of the studies using CT have evaluated airway dimension during states of wakefulness andsleepand have shown ... closure TREATMENT OFOBSTRUCTIVESLEEPAPNEAANDUPPERAIRWAY IMAGING Imaging studies have also allowed us to understand the effect ofsleepapnea treatment on upperairway anatomy The following...
... surgical modifications of the upperairway in adults with obstructivesleepapneasyndromeSleep 1996; 19(2):156–177 165 Li KK Surgical therapy for obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Semin Respir ... A Women and the obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Chest 1988; 93(1):104–109 126 Johnson MW, Anch AM, Remmers JE Induction of the obstructivesleepapneasyndrome in a woman by exogenous androgen ... evaluation of the upperairway in healthy subjects and in patients with obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Chest 1998; 113(1):111–116 37 Ell SR, Jolles H, Galvin JR Cine CT demonstration of nonfixed upper...
... in occlusive sleepapnea J Appl Physiol 1980; 48(3):432–437 Sanders MH, Moore SE Inspiratory and expiratory partitioning ofairwayresistance during sleep in patients with sleepapnea Am Rev ... positive airway pressure treatment ofobstructivesleep apnoea syndrome Respiration 1998; 65:114–119 19 Resta O, Guido P, Picca V, et al Prescription of nCPAP and nBIPAP in obstructivesleep apnoea syndrome: ... in sleepapnea hypopnea syndrome Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998; 157:1855–1863 Sanders MH, Kern N Obstructivesleepapnea treated by independently adjusted inspiratory and expiratory positive airway...
... snoring, upperairwayresistancesyndrome (UARS), obstructivesleep apnea- hypopnea syndrome, andobstructivesleepapnea (OSA) These terms describe a partial or complete obstruction of the upperairway ... Evaluation of the upperairway in patients with obstructivesleepapneaSleep 1991; 14(4):361–371 Rivlin J, Hoffstein V, Kalbfleisch J, et al Upperairway morphology in patients with idiopathic obstructive ... ofobstructivesleepapnea Chest 1994; 105(1):278–283 45 Lee N, Givens C, Wilson J, et al Staged surgical treatment ofobstructivesleepapnea syndrome: a review of 35 patients J Oral Maxillofac...
... treatment of snoring andobstructivesleep apnea: a review Sleep 1995; 18:501–510 33 Hoekema ASB, de Bont LG Efficacy and co-morbidity of oral appliances in the treatment ofobstructivesleepapnea hypopnea: ... Maryland, U.S.A INTRODUCTION Obstructivesleepapnea (OSA), the clinical entity characterized by repetitive partial and/ or complete collapse of the upperairway during sleepandsymptomsof excessive ... changes in upperairway collapsibility and severity ofupperairway obstruction (29) The effect of obesity on obstructive apneic and hypopneic events is proposed to be mass loading of the upper airway...
... features of primary snoring, upperairwayresistance syndrome, andobstructivesleepapnea hypopnea syndromeSleep Med, 2006; submitted for publication 50 Guilleminault C, Khramtsov A Upperairwayresistance ... the treatment ofobstructivesleepapnea in adults: the efficacy of surgical modifications of the upperairwaySleep 1996; 19: 152–155 19 Central SleepApnea M Safwan Badr Division of Pulmonary, ... efficacy of surgical modifications for the upperairway in adults with obstructivesleepapneasyndromeSleep 1996; 19:156–177 77 Rama AN, Tekwani SH, Kushida CA Sites of obstruction in obstructive sleep...
... Potential sleeprelated breathing disorder Obstructivesleep apnea, central sleep apnea, Cheyne-Stokes breathing Central sleepapnea Central sleepapnea Central sleep apnea, obstructivesleepapnea ... association of RLS andobstructivesleep apneas Sleep Med 2006; 7:235–239 Haba-Rubio J, Staner L, Krieger J, et al Periodic limb movements and sleepiness in obstructivesleepapnea patients Sleep Med ... Predictors ofsymptomsof anxiety and depression in obstructivesleepapneaSleep Med 2005; 6(4):341–346 Li HY, Huang YS, Chen NH, et al Mood improvement after surgery for obstructivesleep apnea...
... AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructivesleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructivesleepapnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upperairway Otolaryngol ... the diagnosis of the patient and to the writing of the paper ES contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient VT contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient and has been ... retrognathia, macroglossia, adenoid tissue and variations in craniofacial features, promote the occurrence of apneas and hypopneas due to anatomic narrowing of the upperairway In selected patients, surgical...
... AR, Smith PL: Adult obstructivesleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis Chest 2007, 132:325-337 Sher AE: Obstructivesleepapnea syndrome: a complex disorder of the upperairway Otolaryngol ... the diagnosis of the patient and to the writing of the paper ES contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient VT contributed to the diagnosis and treatment of the patient and has been ... retrognathia, macroglossia, adenoid tissue and variations in craniofacial features, promote the occurrence of apneas and hypopneas due to anatomic narrowing of the upperairway In selected patients, surgical...
... – 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 ... Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2008, 7:10 Background The presence ofobstructivesleepapneasyndrome (OSAS) is strongly associated with augmented morbidity and mortality from ... patients with obstructivesleepapnea J Appl Physiol 1985, 59:1364-1368 Chaouat A, Weitzenblum E, Krieger J, Oswald M, Kessler R: Pulmonary hemodynamics in the obstructivesleepapneasyndrome Results...
... solely on analysis of the ECG Obstructivesleepapnea is a common sleep disorder in which respiration is disordered during sleep due to partial or complete collapse of the upperairway Its prevalence ... usually divide sleepapnea into three major categories: obstructive, central, and mixed apneaObstructivesleepapnea is characterized by intermittent pauses in breathing during sleep caused by ... collapse Currently, a definitive diagnosis ofsleepapnea is made by counting the number ofapneaand hypopnoea events over a given period of time (e.g., a night’s sleep) Averaging these counts on a...
... different structure of the upperairway during the production of apnea/ benign snores, this source/TAR model also facilitated the classification ofapnea snores and benign snores In two of their recent ... the apneaand hypopnea numbers, AHI, total sleeping time, and the longest duration of respiratory events To assess the effectiveness ofapnea event detection using CRF, the number of detected apnea ... labor-intensive, less queuing time and easier to set up Based on the rules ofsleepapnea evaluation proposed by The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Sleep Disorders Association in...
... analysis ofsignsandsymptomsof the manic episode with BechRafaelsen Mania and Melancholia Scales J Affect Disord 2001, 64(23):267-270 11 Sato T, Bottlender R, Kleindienst N, Moller HJ: Syndromes and ... psychotic symptoms) and the DSM-IV recognises psychotic features as an indication of the severity of illness One of the most significant findings of this factor analysis is the identification of a ... disorganization, positive symptomsand dysphoria The authors suggest the possibility of separating manic patients into two groups based on the presence of disorganization symptomsand investigating if...