Background Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a significant health concern affecting both adults and children. However, limited research has focused on SDB its association with orofacial symptoms in primary school children the Aseer Region, Saudi Arabia. Understanding prevalence impact of this specific population crucial for early detection intervention. The study aims to investigate associati...

This document summarises the conclusions of a European Respiratory Society Task Force on the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood and refers to children aged 2–18 years. Prospective cohort studies describing the natural history of SDB or randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials regarding its management are scarce. Selected evidence (36...

I n this issue of JACC: Heart Failure, Arzt et al. (1) describe the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in a registry of more than 6,800 patients with chronic stable systolic heart failure (HF) (heart failure with reduced ejection fraction [HFREF]) in Germany. Breathing is moderately or severely abnormal during sleep (apnea-hypopnea index $15) in almost one-half of such patients. Imp...

Adequate sleep is fundamental to workplace performance. For volunteer firefighters who work in safety critical roles, poor performance at work can be life threatening. Extended shifts and sleeping conditions negatively impact sleep during multi-day fire suppression campaigns. Having sleep disordered breathing (SDB) could contribute further to sleep deficits. Our aim was to investigate whether t...

A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study was conducted to evaluate the effects of theophylline and acetazolamide in the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) after fast ascent to high altitude (3,454 m). The study was conducted at a high-altitude research laboratory and included 30 healthy male volunteers. Study medication was either oral slow release theophylline (2x250 mg ...

BACKGROUND Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is associated with significant cardiovascular sequelae and positive airway pressure (PAP) has been shown to improve heart failure and prevent the recurrence of atrial fibrillation in cardiac patients with sleep apnea. Patients who are hospitalized with cardiac conditions frequently have witnessed symptoms of SDB but often do not have a diagnosis of sl...

BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by repetitive pharyngeal collapse, which increases inspiratory resistive load, and causes intermittent oxygen desaturation and frequent arousals during sleep. This could be damaging to respiratory muscles and result in their weakness. Therefore, we investigated respiratory muscle strength before and after nocturnal sleep in patients with sleep...

OBJECTIVE To assess the relative contribution of potential risk factors for adverse neurobehavioral outcomes in children referred for evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), including weight, mean sleep duration, and comorbid sleep disorders. DESIGN Medical record review. SETTING Academic pediatric medical center. PARTICIPANTS Clinical sample of 235 children aged 3 to 18 years und...

BACKGROUND Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep-wake disturbances (SWD) are highly prevalent in stroke patients. Recent studies suggest that they represent both a risk factor and a consequence of stroke and affect stroke recovery, outcome, and recurrence. METHODS Review of literature. RESULTS Several studies have proven SDB to represent an independent risk factor for stroke. Sleep stu...

BACKGROUND Since chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) often co-exist, some believe they reflect the same process, somatization. Against that hypothesis are data suggesting FM but not CFS was common in patients with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The presence of discrete case definitions for CFS and FM allowed us to explore rates of CFS alone, CFS with FM, and FM alone in SDB ...