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We aimed to assess ventilatory control in typically developing children with and without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Otherwise healthy children referred for suspicion of OSA were recruited. In addition to polysomnography, we analyzed loop, controller and plant gains (ie, LG, CG, and PG), which reflect the stability of control, chemoreceptor sens...
Published in Sleep medicine
Published in Sleep medicine
The current review is a systematic, quantitative meta-analysis aimed at examining the pooled prevalence of sleep disturbances in Chinese healthcare professionals. Furthermore, we explore the possible causes of the inconsistencies in the current estimates. Systematic searches of databases were conducted for literature published on English (EMBASE, P...
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Apnea/hypopnea index (AHI), especially without arousal criteria, does not adequately risk stratify patients with mild obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We describe and test scoring reliability of an event, Flow Limitation/Obstruction With recovery breath (FLOW), representing obstructive airflow disruptions using only pressure transducer and snore sign...
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To investigate the potential prognostic value of sleep electroencephalography (EEG) pattern and serum circadian rhythm biomarkers in the recovery of consciousness in patients at the acute stage of coma. A prospective observational study which included 75 patients with coma was conducted. Twenty-four-hour continuous polysomnography (PSG) was perform...
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In stable neuromuscular patients under long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV), subjective sleep quality may be predicted by chronic hypoventilation, as assessed by base excess (BE), and %N3 sleep stage duration. In this study, we explored how other variables, closely associated with self-reported health complaints, contributed to subjective sleep...
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Although a few studies suggest an adverse effect of sleep duration variability on cardiovascular risk factor, others did not and this association remains controversial. Moreover, most studies were non-representative of the general population, used different sleep duration variability measures, and relied on self-reported sleep duration. We aimed to...
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It has been suggested that insomnia patients with short sleep duration and insomnia patients with normal sleep duration may respond differently to cognitive behavioral treatment for insomnia (CBT-I). To evaluate this hypothesis, we retrospectively examined a large sample of patients with chronic insomnia regarding their outcome post-treatment and s...
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has been shown to improve functional, motor and cognitive outcomes in post-stroke obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, rates of CPAP adherence are often low and factors impacting CPAP adherence remain under-explored. Our objective was to determine predictors of CPAP adherence in patients who had a strok...
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Several European countries have observed an association between narcolepsy and H1N1 vaccines containing AS03® adjuvant in children/adolescents. In Taiwan, a nationwide campaign starting November 2009 administered H1N1 vaccines without adjuvant or with MF59® adjuvant to 67% of children and 12% of adults. For those registered in the 2000-2012 Nationa...
