background and objective: depression is commonly reported in patients with obstructive sleep ap- nea/hypopnea syndrome (osas). we aimed to assess the association between osas severity and depressive symptoms in patients with osas. materials and methods : a total of 337 patients with symptoms of osas were visited for psychological testing prior to beginning diagnosis for the syndrome between 201...

Sleep apnea is defined as repetitive episodes of decreased or total cessation of respiratory airflow during sleep, leading to a fall in oxygen saturation of 4% and sleep fragmentation. Sleep apnea can be central or obstructive. Central sleep apnea (CSA) is characterized by apneas secondary to diminution or cessation of thoraco-abdominal respiratory movements (due to dysfunction of central respi...

Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Ocular complications Abstract Introduction: Sleep disorders are common and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is the commonest. OSAHS is not commonly diagnosed by the ophthalmologist, but it has many systemic and ocular complications. Aim of the work: The aim of this study was to detect the effect of sleep related breathing disorders on ...

OBJECTIVE To validate the accuracy of the Bedbugg, a new home monitoring device for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Simultaneous sleep monitoring was performed by formal polysomnography and by Bedbugg. Monitoring was performed in a university sleep center in 42 subjects who had previously been scheduled for polysomnography. RESULTS The correlation for the apne...

We report the case of a severely mentally handicapped 30-year-old woman with Sturge-Weber syndrome who developed obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) following esophageal aspiration of two foreign bodies, which were discovered incidentally during a neck CT scan. Initial polysomnography findings revealed significant OSA with an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of 40.8 events per hour. Repeat polysom...

BACKGROUND Despite the adverse cardiovascular consequences of obstructive sleep apnea, the majority of patients remain undiagnosed. To explore an efficient ECG-based screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea, we examined the usefulness of automated detection of cyclic variation of heart rate (CVHR) in a large-scale controlled clinical setting. METHODS AND RESULTS We developed an algorithm of...

OBJECTIVE Obstructive sleep apnea is characterized by increased upper airway collapsibility during sleep. The present study investigated the use of the negative expiratory pressure test as a method to rule out obstructive sleep apnea. METHODS Flow limitation was evaluated in 155 subjects. All subjects underwent a diurnal negative expiratory pressure test and a nocturnal sleep study. The sever...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is children is commonly caused by upper airway obstruction, such as that caused by adeno-tonsillar hypertrophy. We report a rare case of SAS due to a nasopharyngeal tumor. The patient was a 10-year-old boy who complained of snoring and sleep apnea. The tumor was found in the nasopharynx and mesopharyngeal space. We diagnosed this case as OSAS by overnight...

OBJECTIVE Our goal was to validate the WatchPAT in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. STUDY DESIGN We conducted a prospective, blinded, nonrandomized clinical trial. METHODS Patients with suspected obstructive sleep apnea scheduled for an overnight level I polysomnogram were offered enrollment in a study to compare the WatchPAT (Itamar Ltd, Israel) device with polysomnography. Patien...