1 AbstractA review of the recommendations in currently applicable version chapter “Sleep-related breathing disorders adults” guideline “Non-restorative sleep/sleep disorders” conducted by steering group identified a number and chapters requiring revision or updating light new scientific clinical evidence. These included selected on diagnosis (clinical examination, polysomnography, respiratory p...

Pregnancy is associated with many physiologic and hormonal changes along with changes in sleep architecture, placing pregnant women at risk for the development of sleep-disordered breathing or worsening of preexisting sleep apnea. Snoring, the most common symptom of sleep-disordered breathing, is markedly increased during pregnancy. The exact prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in pregnant wo...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the prevalence of patent foramen ovale (PFO) by means of contrast transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea, and (2) to determine the potential contribution of right to left interatrial shunting to systemic oxygen desaturation following the performance of Valsalva maneuver. DESIGN Performanc...

Obstructive sleep apnea is a chronic illness with increasing prevalence. In addition to associated cardiovascular comorbidities, obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has been linked to poor quality of life, occupational accidents, and motor vehicle crashes secondary to excessive daytime sleepiness. Although continuous positive airway pressure is the gold standard for sleep apnea treatment, its effe...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To examine the association of sleep apnea with heart disease. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING Medical wards at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. PATIENTS Three hundred fifty-three randomly selected inpatient men. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Sleep was recorded for 2 nights in the hospital. Medical conditions were obtained from hospital medical records. Cox...

Obstructive sleep apnea occurs frequently in patients with drug-resistant hypertension. The factors accounting for this observation, however, are unclear. Both conditions demonstrate clinical features suggestive of extracellular fluid volume overload. The aims of this study were to examine whether the spontaneous overnight fluid shift from the legs to the upper body is associated with obstructi...

The prevalence rate of sleep apnea in the hemodialysis (HD) patient population is >50% [1, 2] as compared to only 2–4% in the general population [3]. Not only does sleep apnea contribute to hypertension (HTN) and increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the end-stage renal disease (ESRD) population, but it also significantly impairs their quality of life. However, large gaps in knowl...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is the most common respiratory disorder during sleep and a risk factor for myocardial ischemia. in this study, we evaluated the proportion of subjects at high risk for osa and prevalence of its predictors among patients admitted for acute myocardial infarction (mi). materials and methods : a total of 210 patients with mi admitted at the ca...

background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is frequent and in some degree it affects about 24% of male and 9% of female in middle age adults. this study aimed to assess the association between risk of osa and cad. materials and methods : this case-control study was performed among 184 patients with a history of coro- nary angiography in two catheter labs at hospitals in qom, iran. ...