STUDY OBJECTIVES The functional somatic syndromes are associated with a variety of symptoms/signs of uncertain etiology. We determined the prevalence of several of those symptoms/signs in patients with sleep-disordered breathing and examined the relationship between the prevalence of the symptoms/signs and the severity of sleep-disordered breathing. DESIGN A descriptive study without interven...

OBJECTIVE To study the effect of Z-palatopharyngoplasty plus radiofrequency of the base of the tongue on middle ear function. DESIGN A retrospective review of a prospective data set at a tertiary care center. SETTING University-affiliated medical center. PATIENTS The study population included 47 patients (42 men and 5 women; mean age, 40.8 years) who underwent Z-palatopharyngoplasty plus ...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVE Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome is associated with an overall deterioration in the patients health and affects between 1 and 2 million people in Spain. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic resources available in Spain for dealing with this problem in terms of both infrastructure and human resources. METHODS We selected 461 ...

Numerous reports have been done to seek the relationship between sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) and the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, definite conclusion has not yet been fully established. We examined whether SAHS increases AF incidence in common population and summarized all existing studies in a meta-analysis. We summarized the current studies by searching related database...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) has been associated with different cardiovascular diseases. It may even be implicated in the pathophysiology of sick sinus syndrome (SSS). However, the precise relationship between the two syndromes is still unknown. We investigated the prevalence of SAHS in patients diagnosed with SSS. PATIENTS AND METHOD Between June 2002 and ...

Objective: This research aimed to explore the curative effect of noninvasive ventilation in the treatment of children Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). Methods: From Nov 2015-2016, 70 children OSAS patients in Binzhou People’s Hospital were selected as the study subjects and were randomly divided into surgery group (n=35) and ventilation group (n=35). Patients in the surgery group were t...

Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial interruption of the airflow during sleep, constitutes a growing healthcare problem. Prevalence in the general population is high and resulting morbidity and mortality, principally attributed to traffic accidents and the development of cardiovascular complications, quite considerable.1 ...

OBJECTIVE To compare respiratory nocturnal polysomnography (NPSG) characteristics between matched cohorts of upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) and obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) patients. METHODS All patients received 13-channel NPSG, including esophageal pressure (Pes) manometry. By definition, OSAS patients had an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI, number of apneas/hypopneas per hour...