Purpose: To study the influence of non-invasive ventilator and tiotropium bromide on pulmonary function sleep quality patients with chronic obstructive disease (COPD) combined apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS).Methods: One hundred twenty COPD-OSAHS were selected randomly assigned to control group (CG) treatment (TG), 60 subjects in each group. Non-invasive therapy was used both groups, based conv...

OBJECTIVE To validate a cardiorespiratory polygraphy system (BITMED NGP 140) by comparing it to conventional polysomnography in the diagnosis of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS Polysomnography and cardio-respiratory polygraphy were performed simultaneously on 103 consecutive patients referred because of suspected sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. The Bland and Altman method a...

RATIONALE Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is due to upper airway obstruction and is associated with increased morbidity. Although continuous positive airway pressure efficaciously treats obstructive apneas and hypopneas, treatment is impeded by low adherence rates. OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy on obstructive sleep apnea of a minimally intrusive method for delivering warm and humidified ...

Objective: To observe the efficacy of Montelukast combined with sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) in treatment children obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) complicated allergic rhinitis (AR).
 Methods: This is a prospective study. A total 102 OSAHS admitted to Hunan Children’s Hospital from April 2020 2021 were selected and randomly divided into two groups: group two-drug combi...

OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA (OSA) IS A HIGHLY PREVALENT SYNDROME THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBSTANTIAL MORBIDITY AND INCREASED MORTALITY.1-10 Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the most uniformly effective therapy, and to date this is the only intervention for OSA shown to have a favorable impact on both cardiovascular and neurobehavioral morbidities.1,2,6 However, approximately 25-50% of patients wit...

Introduction Apnea test (AT) (ApneaLinkTM, RESMED-Munich, Germany) can be used for different clinical conditions to calculate apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and nocturnal hypoxia (NH) at intensive care unit (ICU) [1]. It’s shown that obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and NH is associated post-operative complications, longer length of hospital stay, atrial fibrillation, pulmonary hypertension ...

To better understand how humans adapt to hypoxia, the levels of hemoglobin (Hb), serum erythropoietin (Epo), and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were measured in 106 patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. The results indicated that temporal hypoxic stimulation increases Hb. Furthermore, a minor increase in Epo and a substantial increase in VEGF were found. The...