Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index

A Malhotra, I Ayappa, N Ayas, N Collop, D Kirsch… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is thought to affect almost 1 billion people worldwide. OSA
has well established cardiovascular and neurocognitive sequelae, although the optimal …

Adult obstructive sleep apnea: pathophysiology and diagnosis

SP Patil, H Schneider, AR Schwartz, PL Smith - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent disease characterized by recurrent
episodes of upper airway obstruction that result in recurrent arousals and episodic …

[PDF][PDF] The fibromyalgia impact questionnaire: development and validation

CS Burckhardt, SR Clark, RM Bennett - J rheumatol, 1991 - Citeseer
What is the little button for? This button is pushed at bedtime and awake time to let the
research know what time you went to bed and got up. This button can also be used with the …

Excessive daytime sleepiness in a general population sample: the role of sleep apnea, age, obesity, diabetes, and depression

EO Bixler, AN Vgontzas, HM Lin… - The Journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Context: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is commonly considered a cardinal sign of
sleep apnea; however, the mechanism underlying the association is unclear. Objective: The …

Association of excessive daytime sleepiness with longitudinal β-amyloid accumulation in elderly persons without dementia

DZ Carvalho, EK St Louis, DS Knopman… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Aging is associated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), which has been
linked to cognitive decline in the elderly. However, whether EDS is associated with the …

Sleep apnea is a manifestation of the metabolic syndrome

AN Vgontzas, EO Bixler, GP Chrousos - Sleep medicine reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disorder particularly among middle-aged,
obese men, although its existence in women as well as in lean individuals is increasingly …

Sleepiness in patients with moderate to severe sleep-disordered breathing

VK Kapur, CM Baldwin, HE Resnick, DJ Gottlieb… - Sleep, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background: Population-based studies suggest that complaints of sleepiness are absent in
many individuals with sleep-disordered breathing. We investigated the prevalence of …

Sleepiness and sleep in patients with both systolic heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea

M Arzt, T Young, L Finn, JB Skatrud… - Archives of internal …, 2006 - jamanetwork.com
Background Adverse effects of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), including sleep deprivation,
can contribute to the progression of heart failure. The usual indication to diagnose and treat …

Daytime sleepiness and hyperactivity in children with suspected sleep-disordered breathing

CS Melendres, JM Lutz, ED Rubin, CL Marcus - Pediatrics, 2004 - publications.aap.org
Objectives. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is seen less frequently as a presenting
complaint in children with sleep-disordered breathing than in adults. Instead, symptoms of …

Metabolic disturbances in obesity versus sleep apnoea: the importance of visceral obesity and insulin resistance

AN Vgontzas, EO Bixler… - Journal of internal …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Vgontzas AN, Bixler EO, Chrousos GP (Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA;
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA). Metabolic disturbances in obesity versus …