Overlap syndrome, which is known as the coexistence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), was first defined by Flenley. Although it can refer to concomitant occurrence of any of the pulmonary diseases and OSA, overlap syndrome is commonly considered as the coexistence of OSA and COPD. This disease has unique adverse health consequences distinct from ...

background: obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (osas) is a common sleep disorder characterized by repeated upper airway obstruction during sleep. while respiratory pauses followed by loud snoring and daytime sleepiness are the main symptoms of osas,the patients may complain from sleep disruption, headache, mood disturbance, irritability, and memory impairment. however, the association of sleep ap...

kleine-levin syndrome is characterized as a periodic hypersomnia crisis as well as dietary and variable significant psychic symptoms. this report describes the finding on an evaluation of a 15- year- old girl with kls. she had amnesia to her episodes. all episodes were correlated with menstrual period.polysomnographic finding of this patient was normal with 5 sleep cycles in sleep architecture ...

BACKGROUND This longitudinal community study investigated the role of individual risk factors in early childhood (before age five) for the development of eating problems in adolescence. Nine hundred twenty-one mothers completed the first questionnaire when their child was 1.5 years old, and again when their child was 2.5 (n = 784) and 4.5 (n = 737) years old. Three hundred seventy-three of thes...

OBJECTIVE This study assessed the prevalence of night eating syndrome and its comorbid psychopathology in a psychiatric population. METHOD The Night Eating Questionnaire was administered to 399 patients in two psychiatric outpatient clinics. Those scoring above 20 on the questionnaire (N=205) were assessed for night eating syndrome with a semistructured telephone interview. Chart reviews of a...

BACKGROUND Short sleep duration and decreased sleep quality are emerging risk factors for obesity and its associated morbidities. Chronotype, an attribute that reflects individual preferences in the timing of sleep and other behaviors, is a continuum from morningness to eveningness. The importance of chronotype in relation to obesity is mostly unknown. Evening types tend to have unhealthy eatin...

as a disease characterized by airway obstruction, with alteration of the alveolar ventilation and sleep fragmentation. This syndrome has nocturnal symptoms such as: snoring, neck hyperextension, restless sleep, apneas or pauses in the breathing pattern, apnea-related thoracic respiratory movements, sweating, frequent awakenings, secondary enuresis. Typical daytime manifestations such as: irrita...

Introduction: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are at increased risk of sleep-disorders. The concomitant occurrence of COPD and obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is named overlap syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the severity of OSAHS in overlap syndrome patients.Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on adult patients with forced...

OBJECTIVE Patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have a high prevalence of obesity. This is the first study to investigate whether circadian rhythm disruption is a mechanism linking ADHD symptoms to obesity. METHODS ADHD symptoms and two manifestations of circadian rhythm disruption: sleep problems and an unstable eating pattern (skipping breakfast and binge eating late...

The aims of the study were to examine the association between self-reported sleep patterns, daytime sleep-related behaviors (DSRB), daytime sleepiness, depressed mood, eating habits, body mass index (BMI), and quality of life among Israeli adolescents. Method: Participants (844 adolescents; 457 females) completed several demographic and clinical (sleep–wake pattern, DSRB, eating habits, and qua...