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Upper airway surgery: the effect on nasal continuous positive airway pressure titration on obstructive sleep apnea patients
(Springer, 2006-05-01)
The objective of this study was to observe the change in CPAP pressure after nasal and/or tonsil surgery in a retrospective study involving 17 patients unable to tolerate CPAP titration. All patients had two polysomnography ...
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the São Paulo Epidemiologic Sleep Study
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-05-01)
Objective: To estimate the prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), using current clinical and epidemiological techniques, among the adult population of São Paulo, Brazil.Methods: This population-based survey ...
Comparison of AutoSet (TM) and polysomnography for the detection of apnea-hypopnea events
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2000-05-01)
The use of the flow vs time relationship obtained with the nasal prongs of the AutoSetä (AS) system (diagnosis mode) has been proposed to detect apneas and hypopneas in patients with reasonable nasal patency. Our aim was ...
Atualização em síndrome da apnéia obstrutiva do sono na infância
(ABORL-CCF Associação Brasileira de Otorrinolaringologia e Cirurgia Cérvico-Facial, 2005-02-01)
A prevalência de SAOS em crianças é de 0,7-3%, com pico de incidência nos pré-escolares. Fatores anatômicos (obstrução nasal severa, más-formações craniofaciais, hipertrofia do tecido linfático da faringe, anomalias ...
Histological analysis of palatopharyngeal muscle from children with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
(Elsevier B.V., 2007-02-01)
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is an upper airway obstruction that occurs during the sleep. One of the suggested mechanisms involved in this process is a neuromuscular abnormality of the palatal muscles. Whether ...
Sleep complaints and polysomnographic findings: A study of nuclear power plant shift workers
(Taylor & Francis Inc, 2008-01-01)
The literature widely recognizes that shift workers have more health complaints than the general population. the objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of sleep complaints and verify the polysomnographic ...
Topography-specific spindle frequency changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(Biomed Central Ltd., 2012-07-31)
Background: Sleep spindles, as detected on scalp electroencephalography (EEG), are considered to be markers of thalamo-cortical network integrity. Since obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a known cause of brain dysfunction, ...
Sleep disorders, sleepiness and traffic safety: a public health menace
(Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica, 2006-07-01)
Sleep disorders are not uncommon and have been widely reported throughout the world. They have a profound impact on industrialized 24-h societies. Consequences of these problems include impaired social and recreational ...
Igf-1 levels are inversely associated with metabolic syndrome in obstructive sleep apnea
(Amer acad sleep medicine, 2016)
Study Objectives: This study examined insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) production and its association with the metabolic syndrome (MS) in men with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: In total, 47 overweight and ...