Introduction: Sleep difficulties are common among children and pointers to serious physical mental disorders studies on the same lacks in Saudi Arabia. This is first study include 1-11 years of age. Thus, we aimed assess variable sleep patterns children. Methods: a cross-sectional that enrolled 188 (1-11 years) from waiting area pediatric outpatient clinic at Maternity Children Hospital, Tabuk ...

Sleep related disorders can have a drastic negative effect on the quality of life an individual. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is well recognized condition that characterized by frequent short periods collapse upper airway, complete or partial obstruction airway during sleep, associated with snoring and brief arousals, resulting in disturbance deprivation. OSA reported as chronic disease affect...

The aim of the present study was to compare the clinical findings and polysomnography results obtained at public and private clinics in Brazil, the follow-up after diagnosis, and the therapeutic aspects related to continuous positive airway pressure. Patients who snore and who have obstructive sleep apnea were retrospectively divided into two groups, i.e., public clinic (N=307) and private clin...

We conducted a longitudinal study to investigate the relation between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms in a mixed inpatient sample at a private clinic evaluated on arrival and at discharge 6 to 8 weeks later. Using hierarchical regression analyses and structural equation modeling, we found a link between sleep experiences and dissociative symptoms and determined that specifically dec...

Recent reports have documented an association between patent foramen ovale and obstructive sleep apnea. We report on a 51-year-old man with obstructive sleep apnea and recent stroke who was enrolled in a clinic trial evaluating the efficacy of closure of patent foramen ovale following ischemic stroke. He was randomly assigned to device closure. There was subjective dramatic improvement in sleep...

BACKGROUND Many pediatric patients need positive airway pressure (PAP) for treatment of obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. Adherence to PAP (defined as percent of nights with PAP use of > 4 h) is often poor and not sustained long-term. With any chronic disease, education has been shown to help with patient outcomes. Education of patients and parents regarding PAP can be provided by differe...

Introduction There are several studies on the pathophysiology and prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), however, few studies address the epidemiological profile of these patients. Objective The aim of this study is to analyze the epidemiological profile of patients diagnosed with OSAS referred to the Sleep Medicine clinic. Methods Cross-sectional individualized study covering 5...

Background: Exact determination between children's sleep habits and their growth could help us to prevent this risk factor of children's growth disorders. Thus this research was performed to investigate the correlation between sleep habits and growth of preschool children in Ahvaz- Iran. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the data was obtained by using available sampling from...