background and aim: some risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea (osa) such as upper respiratory airways abnormalities and obesity overlap with the risk factors for eustachian tube dysfunction (etd). in this study, we investigated the prevalence of etd in a population of patients with osa. methods: tubal dysfunction was determined by tympanometry and inflation-deflation test in 36 patients dia...

background and objective: higher concentration of systemic inflammatory markers is reported in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa). levels of inflammatory markers may be associated with severity of osa. objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between level of inflammation markers and osa severity. materials and methods: fifty six patients with symptoms and signs of osa f...

background: in patients with non-obstructive azoospermia (noa), vital spermatozoa from the tissue is obtained from testes by enzymatic treatment besides the mechanical treatment. objective: to increase the sperm recovery success of testicular sperm extraction (tese), with enzymatic digestion if no sperm is obtained from testis tissue by mechanical method. materials and methods: tissue samples w...

obstructive sleep apnea (osa) together with metabolic disorders is common in severely obese patients. weight reduction is considered as a treatment modality in these cases while few of them can succeed in considerable weight loss. here, we present a severely obese man with body mass index of 54 suffered from osa, type 2 diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypertension. he intentionally lost 80 kilogr...

annular pancreas (ap) is a rare congenital abnormality in which pancreatic tissue completely surround the duodenum. presentation of ap in adulthood is very rare and obstructive jaundice is one of the uncommon manifestations of ap in adults. herein; we reported a 47 years old woman who presented with icterus, midcommon bile duct stricture and annular pancreas. she was diagnosed as pancreas cance...

background and objective : obstructive sleep apnea (osa) syndrome is a common sleep-related breathing disorder characterized by repeated episodes of the upper airway collapse during sleep. loud snoring and daytime sleepiness are the main complaints; however, the condition may present with a variety of symptoms and signs. case report : a 65-year-old woman was admitted to neurology ward with the ...

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...

background: depression and smoking decrease health status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (copd), but the combined effect of the two factors is unknown. this study aimed to assess the interactive effects of depression and smoking on the severity of patients with copd. methods: a prospective cohort study including 2,268 patients with copd was conducted in seven rural communities from ma...

abstract bckground: patients with obstructive sleep apnea (osa) are at risk of developing the fatty liver as a result of being overweight. several studies suggest that osa per se could be a risk factor for liver injury and ischemic hepatitis with osa. the osa is an independent risk factor for insulin resistance. therefore, we investigated liver enzymes and insulin resistance in patients with os...