Sleep and sleep disordered breathing in hospitalized patients.

Prolonged Sleep Apnea in Two Patients with a History of Opium Abuse-A Case Report

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).   Case Report: Two 53- and 51-year-old male cases with daytime sleepiness and opium abuse and severe sleep apnea and long respiratory events duration (200 and 275 seconds respectively) noted in polysomnography were reported at Ebn-e-Sina and Razavi hospita...

Sleep and sleep-disordered breathing in the hospitalized patient.

Clinicians are becoming more aware of the risks of sleep deprivation and unrecognized sleep-disordered breathing in hospitalized patients, most importantly in those patients planning to undergo surgical procedures. Polysomnography is difficult to perform in the hospital setting, such that actigraphy or urinary metabolites of melatonin are often used as surrogate measures, and show that sleep is...

The Effect of Endurance Training and Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Sleep Quality in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Background: Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs social relationships. Sleep disorders are one of the major problems of patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Objectives: Concerning the need to investigate problems and impairments caused by this disease, the present study aimed at determining the effect of an eight-week endurance training program plus Q10 supplementation on ...

Detection of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients Hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure

Relationship between sleep disorders and erectile dysfunction, depression and quality of life in male patients with systolic heart failure

Background and Purpose: Identification of the effects of sleep disturbances on the quality of life could result in proper treatment of patients with heart failure. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sleep disorders and erectile dysfunction, depression and quality of life in male patients with systolic heart failure. Methods: This correlational study was conducted on 100...