Five adult asthmatics with nocturnal symptoms (mean FEV1 2.31 1; 2 mean PD20 histamine 1.5 unmoles), 5 asthmatics with no nocturnal symptoms (mean FEV1 l 2.97 l; mean PD20 Histamine 3.7 unmoles) and 5 non-asthmatic control subjects (mean FEV1 3.63 l; mean PD20 histamine 78 unmoles) were challenged with nebulised solutions of their own saliva or isotonic saline in a double blind crossover study ...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe nocturnal awakenings and sleep environment interruptions experienced by children and adolescents hospitalized for two to four days to receive chemotherapy and to assess the relationships among nocturnal awakenings, sleep environment interruptions, sleep duration, and fatigue. DESIGN Longitudinal, descriptive design. SETTING St. Jude Children's Research Hospita...

Sudden nocturnal deaths among "healthy" workers in Southeast Asia have been termed "sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS)" or "sudden unexplained death syndrome (SUDS)". The pathogenesis is still unknown. The paucity of publications on nocturnal monitoring and scientific data stimulated us to perform this study, which included biochemical tests and physiological monitoring during ...

BACKGROUND There are conflicting results for the association between obstructive sleep apnoea and raised C reactive protein (CRP) levels. A study was undertaken to investigate whether nocturnal intermittent hypoxia, a surrogate marker for obstructive sleep apnoea, was associated with CRP levels among a community-dwelling Japanese population. METHODS Among participants in the Circulatory Risk ...

an evening dosage, which resulted in larger bronchodilatation at 7 am. D'Alonzo et al, however, do not further discuss the role of p-agonists such as bambuterol in the pharmacotherapy of noctur¬ nal asthma. Several research groups have shown that the presence of nocturnal symptoms is related to the degree of airway responsive¬ ness.1,2 Airway inflammatory processes are known to influence air¬ w...

Different studies have addressed the predictive role of nighttime hemodynamics on cardiovascular and renal outcomes, although nocturnal blood pressure (BP) phenotypes (i.e. nondipping pattern and absolute nocturnal BP) have been found to be predictive of worse health outcomes. Furthermore, differences in both examined populations - ranging from healthy and younger subjects to those with overt c...

OBJECTIVE Nocturnal awakenings are one of the most prevalent sleep disturbances in the general population. However, little is know about how its severity affects co-morbidity with mental disorders and organic diseases. METHODS A representative sample consisting of 8937 non-institutionalized individuals aged 18 or over living in Texas, New York and California states were interviewed by telepho...

PURPOSE The aim of this study, to investigate whether there is any association between enuresis in childhood and nocturnal polyuria syndrome (NPS) in adult life. METHODS The study consisted of thirty five patients with nocturnal polyuria, and thirty five healthy people without nocturnal polyuria in adult life, were asked to assess their enuresis in childhood. RESULTS There was a history of ...

BACKGROUND Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) suffer from hypoventilation, which can easily worsen during sleep. This study evaluated the efficacy of capnography monitoring in patients with ALS for assessing nocturnal hypoventilation and predicting good compliance with subsequent noninvasive ventilation (NIV) treatment. METHODS Nocturnal monitoring and brief wake screening by c...

conclusions we assessed polysomnographic parameters of ahi, odi, laso2 and mean nocturnal spo2 levels, which are especially important in the association between nafld and osas. we think that it is necessary to be attentive regarding nafld development and progression in patients with osa whose nocturnal hypoxia is severe. patients and methods in this study, between december 2011 and december 201...