Aim: The aim of this study will be to perform respiratory physiotherapy on patients with sleep bruxism and associated events (apnea hypopnea). Methodology: a randomized, controlled, double-blind, clinical trial sample individuals events. Respiratory (inspiratory and/or expiratory) performed using the THRESHOLD IMT PEP results compared placebo group. Discussion: Regarding events, there is broad ...

Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSA/HS) is the basis of the spectrum of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and is a condition characterized by the presence of snoring, repetitive partial upper airway obstruction (hypopnea) and/or intermittent complete obstruction (apnea), long enough to cause reduce the level of oxygen in the blood (desaturation), fragmented sleep and excessive daytime...

BACKGROUND Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation is frequently prescribed to obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. However, mechanical ventilation with a positive end-expiratory pressure can induce or worsen a right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale associated with systemic hypoxemia. Thus, in obese patients treated with noninv...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether circulating leptin levels correlate with the severity of disease in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. DESIGN Prospective nonrandomized study. SETTING Referral sleep laboratory for patients with sleep-disordered breathing and biochemistry laboratory. Patients Thirty-two subjects (mean +/- SD age, 47 +/- 12 years) who were referred for suspected sleep apnea u...

TAKING AN AFTERNOON NAP (SIESTA) IS A COMMON HABIT IN SOME COUNTRIES. A NUMBER OF STUDIES HAVE REPORTED A PREVALENCE OF NAPS ranging between 16% and 61%.1-6 In Mediterranean and Latin American countries, taking an afternoon nap forms part of the culture and is considered to be a healthy habit. Naps could be attributed to sleep problems or to circadian rhythm disorders among others. Some studies...