Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a group of disorders defined by intermittent closure or narrowing of the upper airway, caused either by mechanical obstruction or dysregulation of the respiratory ...
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and Physiology (R.G., O.M., A.M.), University of California San Diego, La Jolla. Division of Pulmonary ...
In a nationwide, stratified, epidemiological survey in Cyprus (n = 4,118), Frangopoulos et al. demonstrated that 155/264 randomly selected adults that underwent a type III sleep study, had an ...
SDB, sleep-disordered breathing; BMI, body mass index; ESS, Epworth Sleepiness Scale; AIS, Athens Insomnia Scale; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; HADS, Hospital ...
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In contrast to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA) in obese children has received lesser attention. As pediatric CSA is more prevalent than expected and adversely impacts health, ...
Department of Biopharmaceutics and Department of Molecular Medicine, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, and Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Department of Neurology, and Department of ...
The pathogenesis of cigarette smoke-induced pulmonary hypertension is not well characterized. We used RT-PCR to examine gene expression of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS-2), nitric oxide synthase 3 (NOS ...