Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)

Psoriasis and obstructive sleep apnea

G Shalom, J Dreiher, A Cohen - International Journal of Dermatology, 2016

Background Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that is associated with the
metabolic syndrome and its components. An association between obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) and the metabolic syndrome was previously observed. Objectives

Individualized therapy for treating obstructive sleep apnea in pediatric Crouzon syndrome patients

W Yu, M Wang, K Yao, M Cai, H Sun, L Lu, M Zhu, X Lu - Sleep and Breathing, 2016

Purpose Pediatric patients with Crouzon syndrome have great possibilities of suffering from
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is mainly due to midfacial hypoplasia and facial
deformities. For most patients, a multidisciplinary and sequential treatment plan is ...

Resolution Of Polycythemia With Treatment Of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

S Sharma, A Chakraborty - Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2016

Discussion OSA is characterized by recurrent transient hypoxemia during sleep. It is thought
that this hypoxic stress might lead to increased erythropoiesis, causing secondary
polycythemia-likely related to increased erythropoietin. Another possible mechanism is ...

Comparison of Awareness of Symptoms and Illness Between Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Simple Snoring

S Lee, JM Kang, YS Cho, HJ Yoon, JE Kim, SH Shin… - Sleep Medicine and …, 2016

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:  is often undiagnosed
but is an important risk factor affecting the health of an individual. The level of awareness of
the illness among patients with OSA is low and is not correlated with severity of the illness. ...

Circulating exosomes potentiate tumor malignant properties in a mouse model of chronic sleep fragmentation.

A Khalyfa, I Almendros, A Gileles-Hillel, M Akbarpour… - Oncotarget, 2016

... METHODS: Plasma-derived exosomes from C57/B6 mice exposed to 6 wks of SF or sleep control
(SC), and from adult human patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) before (Pre) and after
adherent treatment for 6 wks (Post) were co-cultured with mouse lung TC1 or human ...

Ventricular Peritoneal Shunt Malfunction Presenting As Central Sleep Apnea

RF Brown, M Fazili, CM Papantonakis - Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2016

... At 6 months of age, a sleep study revealed a near normal central apnea index (CAI) of 5.5
events/hour and an obstructive apnea/hypopnea index (O-AHI) of 0.3 events/hour. ... The child
showed clinical improvement at home on oxygen while sleeping. ...

[HTML] Relationship of oropharynx to craniofacial morphology in skeletal Class II patients

S Shilpi, S Mathew, R Sagarkar, M Naidu - Journal of Indian Orthodontic Society, 2016

... Diagnosis and management of childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Pediatrics
2012;130:e714-55. Back to cited text no. 9. 10. Katyal V, Kennedy D, Martin J, Dreyer C, Sampson
W. Paediatric sleep-disordered breathing due to upper airway obstruction in the ...

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED TRIAGE

EN Scarberry, SL Kuchma, RE Kearney, II Hiener… - US Patent 20,160,188,826, 2016

... Partial obstruction of the airway typically results in shallow breathing referred to as a ... including
snoring), upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) and obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea
syndrome ... regarding some serious potential consequences of disorder sleep (eg, without ...

Obesity: Presentations and Management Options

A Acosta, TA Kellogg, BKA Dayyeh - Practical Gastroenterology and Hepatology …, 2016

[PDF] SUPRAGLOTTIC MYXEDEMA: TWO CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

SR Salgado Nunez Del Prado, RA Steinman, KM Munir… - AACE Clinical Case Reports, 2016

... myopathy, presence of pleural effusions or ascites, obesity, macroglossia, sleep apnea, and
myxedema of the larynx, may all contribute to respiratory failure (4, 5, 6). Supraglottic myxedema
is a rare cause of upper airway obstruction due to mucopolysaccharide ...