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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Sleep Medicine"”.
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Evaluation of an accessible automatic sleep spindle detector
An important component of sleep medicine is assessing a patient’s polysomnogram, which includes sleep staging. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) requires that sleep staging must take into account the number of sleep spindles, a short burst of neural oscillatory activity, demonstrating …
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Modulation of Hypoglossal Motoneurons by Nitric Oxide
<p>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)- the occurrence of repetitive episodes of airway obstruction during sleep- is considered a major health problem affecting up to 9% of adults in the United States (Parish & Somers, 2004). The hypoglossal motor nucleus (HMN) controls genioglossus muscle tone and is …
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Data analysis in respiratory medicine : model selection and classification methods applied to clinical diagnostics
… of clinical diagnostics in respiratory <br>medicine. <br> <br>Part I first exposes the clinical problem of incomplete forced expiration manoeuvres, an inconvenience that frequently arises when the lung function of patients with impaired respiration is investigated. We developed a model-based …
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New Zealand primary health care practice regarding compliance management of obstructive sleep apnoea treatment in heavy transport driver licence holders
BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a chronic health condition that can affect a person’s driving ability due to impaired cognitive function as a result of having inferior quality and disrupted sleep. Holders of heavy transport (HT) driver licences have been identified as an ‘at risk’ …
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Design and development of a device to diagnose and treat obstructive sleep apnoea
Sleep apnoea is the repeated cessation of breathing during sleep and can result in impaired concentration, excessive unexplained sleepiness, and sleep fragmentation. Long-term effects of the condition can include hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular disease, diabetes and glucose intolerance, and …
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The interrelationship between central sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation
… Research has consistently shown that sleep apnea is strongly associated with atrial fibrillation, with several lines of evidence demonstrating that this relationship is bidirectional and that each condition predisposes to and/or exacerbates the other. Many studies have suggested …
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Global Gene Expression Profiles and Proteomic Assessments in Adult Females with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a complex disorder characterized by repetitive bouts of upper airway collapse during sleep, causing subsequent intermittent hypoxia, hypercapnia, and fragmented sleep and is also associated with significant morbidity including daytime sleepiness, …
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The Effect of 72 Consecutive Hours in the Coronary Care Unit on the Night Sleep of 10 Patients Age 65 and Older
… care to these patients. A disturbance in the sleep wakefulness cycle resulting in a decrease of restorative sleep is a major change occurring at age 65 and after (Feinberg, 1967). The cardiac patient finds that it takes longer to go to sleep, and then awakens often during the night (Karacan et …
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The Effect of Napping on Sleep Quality and Quantity in Healthy and Concussed Collegiate Athletes
… are increasingly prescribing a regulated sleep schedule to athletes post injury; however, baseline sleep habits of collegiate athletes are unknown. Moreover, the connection between napping and sleep quality and quantity has not been studied in collegiate athletes. Therefore, the purpose of …
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Effects of Screen Light Filtering Software on Sleep and Morning Alertness
… and televisions that emit blue light before sleep, can negatively impact sleep quality. This research has led to the creation of computer software which lowers the levels of blue light in the evening to help with sleep. This study looked at the impact of wavelength filtering software on sleep …
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The Validation of an Existing Sleep Apnea Questionnaire and its Application to Clinical Orthodontics
<p>The purpose of this study was to validate a sleep apnea questionnaire from the Loma Linda University Sleep Disorders Center, and then to utilize the questionnaire in order to identify potential sleep apnea patients from a pre-orthodontic patient sample. Study patients were selected from the Loma …
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– Vom Liebespaar zum Elternpaar – Herausforderungen im Übergangsprozess erkennen und begegnen: Veränderungen im Familiensystem, Schlaf und Distress
… Weise gemessen. So kamen der Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI; Buysse et al., 1989) und ein Zehn-Tage-Schlafprotokoll (Hoffmann et al., 1997) zum Einsatz. Zu beiden Messzeitpunkten berichteten Frauen eine schlechtere Schlafqualität als Männer. Dies zeigte sich bei verschiedenen …
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Sleep Disturbances in Adults with TSC: Influences of Treatment and Clinical Features
… or TSC-associated neuropsychiatric disorders. Sleep disorders are a common feature of TAND; however, they are not well characterized in the adult TSC population. Likewise, little is known about how clinical features of the condition and commonly prescribed medications impact sleep. Therefore, …
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The Acquisition and Analysis of Electroencephalogram Data for the Classification of Benign Partial Epilepsy of Childhood with Centrotemporal Spikes
… Second, BECTS patients show differences in sleep state RQA values from centrotemporal and non-centrotemporal regions. We cannot confirm if these differences display epileptiform activity, however, because we do not have controls for sleep studies. With proper development and implementation, …
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Sedentary behavior-inducing randomized control intervention on various health-related outcomes in active, young adults
… behavior was increased) on cognitive function, sleep, and mental health conditions (anxiety, depression, mood and quality of life). Participants confirmed to be active (i.e., acquiring 150 min/week of physical activity) via self-report and accelerometry were randomly assigned into a sedentary …