Sleep apnoea and related conditions. Summary of a report of a working party of the Royal College of Physicians.

Chronic opioid use: a risk factor for central sleep apnoea and successful therapy with adaptive pressure support servo-ventilation.

Sleep apnoea is a global health problem with significant morbidity. Obesity is a well-known risk factor for this condition, however chronic intake of opioids as a risk factor for central sleep apnoea is under-recognised. We report a case of a 47-year-old man who developed significant sleep-disordered breathing secondary to opioid use for chronic pain. A sleep study demonstrated a picture of com...

Training in infectious diseases: report of a Joint Working Party of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Pathologists.

Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children with sleep-related breathing disorders: consensus statement of a UK multidisciplinary working party.

During 2008, ENT-UK received a number of professional enquiries from colleagues about the management of children with upper airway obstruction and uncomplicated obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). These children with sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBDs) are usually referred to paediatricians and ENT surgeons. In some district general hospitals, (DGHs) where paediatric intensive care (PICU) fac...

Acute medicine: making it work for patients.

The report of a working party of the Royal College of Physicians, Acute Medicine: making it work for patients, seeks to improve hospital care of patients who are acutely ill and highlights the developing role of consultant physicians in acute medicine.

Syndromic Intellectual Disability Caused by a Novel Truncating Variant in AHDC1: A Case Report

Mutations in the AHDC1 gene are associated with the Xia-Gibbs syndrome (XGS), a sporadic genetic disorder characterised by developmental delay, intellectual disability, hypotonia, obstructive sleep apnoea, dysmorphic facial features, and cerebral malformations with plagiocephaly. Here we report the case of a 13-year-old Colombian female patient with a history of developmental delay, speech dela...