Sleep Apnea

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Sleep Apnea

General Information

NEWS:

Sleep Apnea Differs in Men, Women

Snoring

Why we die in our sleep

ARTICLES:

Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea

NGC - Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. (2004)

NGC - Management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in adults. A national clinical guideline. (2003)

SIGN - Management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome in adults (2003)

Sleep Apnea

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Acute Effects of Automated Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Blood Pressure in Patients with Sleep Apnea and Hypertension (Respiration 2005)

All-cause mortality in males with sleep apnoea syndrome: declining mortality rates with age. (Eur Respir J. 2005)

Association of Sleep-disordered Breathing and the Occurrence of Stroke (American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2005)

Changes in extracranial arteries in obstructive sleep apnoea. (Eur Respir J. 2005)

Child Behavior and Quality of Life in Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005)

Childhood obstructive sleep apnoea: an update. (Hong Kong Med J)

Cognition, sleep and respiration in at-risk children treated for obstructive sleep apnoea. (Eur Respir J. 2005)

Comparison of blood pressure measurements in children with and without habitual snoring. (Pediatr Pulmonol. 2005)

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for Central Sleep Apnea and Heart Failure. (N Engl J Med. 2005)

Craniofacial profile in Asian and white subjects with obstructive sleep apnoea. (Thorax. 2005)

Day–Night Pattern of Sudden Death in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (NEJM 2005)

Deleterious Effects of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on the Heart and Vascular System. (Respiration. 2005)

Depression and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). (Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2005)

Early Signs of Atherosclerosis in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005)

Examining the construct of depression in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. (Sleep Med. 2005)

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in a General Population Sample: The Role of Sleep Apnea, Age, Obesity, Diabetes, and Depression (The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2005)

Gender difference in sleep profile of severely obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). (Respir Med. 2005)

HDL dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea. (Atherosclerosis. 2005)

Insulin resistance and other metabolic aspects of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. (Med Sci Monit. 2005)

Investigation into sleep disturbance of patients suffering from cluster headache. (Cephalalgia. 2005)

Is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome a neurological disorder? A continuous positive airway pressure follow-up study. (Ann Neurol. 2005)

[Ischemic stroke and sleep apnea. Relationship between sleep breathing disorders and carotid stenosis.] (Neurologia. 2005)

Most obstructive sleep apnoea patients exhibit vigilance and attention deficits on an extended battery of tests (Eur Respir J 2005)

Natural history of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea in Thai school-age children. (Pediatr Pulmonol. 2005)

Night-time and diastolic hypertension are common and underestimated conditions in newly diagnosed apnoeic patients. (J Hypertens. 2005)

[Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome] (Rev Med Suisse. 2005)

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: underestimated and undertreated. (Br Med Bull. 2005)

Obstructive sleep apnea: what does the cardiovascular physician need to know? (Am J Cardiovasc Drugs. 2005)

Oxidative Stress and Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome. (Arch Bronconeumol. 2005)

Oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnea. (Chest. 2005)

Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: the year in review. (Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery 2005)

[Pediatricians and sleep-disordered breathing in the child] (Rev Assoc Med Bras. 2005)

Positional Sleep Apnea May Be Common

Prevalence of concomitant sleep disorders in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. (Sleep Breath. 2005)

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Obese Persons with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. (Cardiology. 2005)

Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and associated symptoms in 3-11-year-old Turkish children. (Pediatr Pulmonol. 2005)

Sleep and breathing on the first night after adenotonsillectomy for obstructive sleep apnea. (Pediatr Pulmonol. 2005)

Sleep and stroke. (Semin Neurol. 2005)

Sleep apnea is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome. (Sleep Med Rev. 2005)

Sleep apnea is linked to heart failure, but does treatment improve outcome? (Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2005)

Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease. (Sleep Med Rev. 2005)

Sleep-disordered breathing: implications for the pathophysiology and management of cardiovascular disease. (Compr Ther. 2005)

The cardiac consequences of the obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. (Mt Sinai J Med. 2005)

The normal-weight snorer: polysomnographic study and correlation with upper airway morphological alterations. (Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2005)

Type 2 Diabetes, Glycemic Control, and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Arch Intern Med. 2005)

Witnessed breathing pauses during sleep: a study in middle-aged French males. (Respir Med. 2005)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH - NHLBI How Is Sleep Apnea Diagnosed?

NIH - NHLBI How Is Sleep Apnea Treated?

NIH - NHLBI Living With Sleep Apnea

NIH - NHLBI Sleep Apnea: Is Your Patient at Risk?

NIH - NHLBI What Are The Signs and Symptoms of Sleep Apnea?

NIH - NHLBI What Causes Sleep Apnea?

NIH - NHLBI What Is Sleep Apnea?

NIH - NHLBI Who Gets Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

NIH - NINDS NINDS Sleep Apnea Information Page

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Central sleep apnea

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Sleep apnea

NIH - Sleep Apnea

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