This perspective article aims at addressing the potential commonalities associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and two metabolic fatty liver syndromes: nonalcoholic (NAFLD) (associated) (MAFLD). To this end, we briefly review definitions burdens of COPD NAFLD highlight differences in diagnostic criteria MAFLD. We also critically discuss recent line research trying to ident...

Introduction: Chronic nasal obstruction due to adenoid hypertrophy is a very common disorder. Although the clinical assessment of adenoid hypertrophy is essential, its real value in young children is difficult to evaluate. The purpose of this prospective study was to validate a simple clinical score to predict the severity of adenoid obstruction and to evaluate the relationship between this met...

sleep apnea, and particularly obstructive sleep apnea, is a common disorder that is characterized by a repetitive, partial or complete cessation of air flow, associated with oxyhemoglobin desaturation and an increased effort to breath. in recent years, orthodontists have been interested and involved in the management of this disorder since it has been shown that oral appliance therapy can be an...

introduction: the berlin questionnaire (bq) is a common tool to screen for obstructive sleep apnea (osa) in the general population, but its application in the clinical sleep setting is still challenging. the aim of this study was to determine the specificity and sensitivity of the bq compared to the apnea-hypopnea index obtained from polysomnography recordings obtained from a sleep clinic in ir...

What We Found § Though far fewer than the 1995 study found, 4.7% of commercial drivers in the study were found to have severe sleep apnea. Another 5.8% had moderate sleep apnea and 17.6% has mild sleep apnea. § Prevalence of moderate to severe sleep apnea is twice as high among CDL holders no longer currently employed as drivers, suggesting that the industry may be losing valuable drivers becau...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Sleep apnea is associated with hypertension and diabetes, putting these patients at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease. The goal of this study was to identify the individual cardiovascular risk profile and to detect premature and undiagnosed disease in patients with various degrees of sleep apnea. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional. METHODS Over a 6-month period...

The proportion of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the general adult population that goes undiagnosed was estimated from a sample of 4,925 employed adults. Questionnaire data on doctor-diagnosed sleep apnea were followed up to ascertain the prevalence of diagnosed sleep apnea. In-laboratory polysomnography on a subset of 1,090 participants was used to estimate screen-detected sleep apnea. In this ...

Sleep problems, which can have significant clinical and economic consequences, are more common among alcoholics than among nonalcoholics. During both drinking periods and withdrawal, alcoholics commonly experience problems falling asleep and decreased total sleep time. Other measures of sleep are also disturbed. Even alcoholics who have been abstinent for short periods of time (i.e., several we...