Sleep disordered breathing in the elderly.

Sleep-disordered breathing in alcoholics: association with age.

Sleep apnea and related disorders are not uncommon in abstinent alcoholics. We assessed the relationship between age and the presence and severity of sleep-disordered breathing in alcoholism by performing one night of polysomnography on 75 abstinent alcoholic subjects undergoing treatment for alcoholism. Sleep-disordered breathing (defined as 10 or more apneas plus hypopneas/hr of sleep) was pr...

The significance of sleep-disordered breathing and obstructive sleep apnea in the elderly.

The Effect of Endurance Training and Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation on Sleep Quality in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

Background: Autism is a developmental disorder that impairs social relationships. Sleep disorders are one of the major problems of patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Objectives: Concerning the need to investigate problems and impairments caused by this disease, the present study aimed at determining the effect of an eight-week endurance training program plus Q10 supplementation on ...

Prolonged Sleep Apnea in Two Patients with a History of Opium Abuse-A Case Report

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep-disordered breathing (SDB).   Case Report: Two 53- and 51-year-old male cases with daytime sleepiness and opium abuse and severe sleep apnea and long respiratory events duration (200 and 275 seconds respectively) noted in polysomnography were reported at Ebn-e-Sina and Razavi hospita...

A three - year longitudinal study of sleep disordered breathing in the elderly

Running title: Sleep disordered breathing evolution in the elderly. Abstract Limited and controversial data exist on the natural evolution of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in untreated individuals. This study examines the evolution of SDB over a three-year period in a community-based elderly sample. From the initial cohort of 854 healthy subjects aged 68.40.8 yr, 519 untreated subjects acce...