Sleep disordered breathing is a common problem affecting all age groups, particularly in association with certain other medical conditions and syndromes. The pathological consequences of the disorder may be severe, with significant implications for the perioperative management of sufferers. Research into the effects of surgery and anaesthesia on sleep is very much in its infancy. Understanding ...

Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is a sleep related-breathing disorder with several features such as systemic inflammation, oxidative stress, cognitive impairment and poor quality. Patients SAS have an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. There no real effective treatment that prevents treats all these illness symptoms. Cooling therapies are often used in sport medicine athletes after training ...

We present a case of laryngospasm in a 12-year-old male who experienced sudden, nocturnal episodes of breathing difficulties and agitation. Apart from laryngospasm, the main differential diagnoses included frontal seizures, sleep-related choking syndrome, sleep asthma, sleep apnoea and REM sleep behaviour disorder. The video and the EEG recordings supported the diagnosis of laryngospasm. The pH...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To examine the scope and severity of subjective sleep-wake disturbances in patients with lung cancer and compare them to a group of healthy adults who were similar in age, gender, and race, and to examine the impact of sleep-wake disturbances on measures of health-related quality of life (QOL). DESIGN Descriptive, comparative. SETTING University-based and private urban am...

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a breathing disorder that occurs during sleep. This syndrome affects numerous people, especially those with abnormal body fat composition parameters such as mass index (BMI) of more than 25 kg/m2 (overweight & obesity). OSA ensues when the tongue and soft palate muscles in relaxed condition move towards gravity patient supine position; this causes narrowing ...

Sleep apnea and related disorders contribute to disturbed sleep in abstinent alcoholics. In an earlier report from our group, sleep-disordered breathing was common and increased with age in a cohort of 75 abstinent alcoholics. We now report an extension of the previous work that includes studies of an additional 103 abstinent alcoholics undergoing treatment for alcoholism (total sample = 188) a...

Background: Down syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal disorder and related to congenital heart disease, sleep disorders obesity. Sleep problems are in DS children, including obstructive apnea. This study aimed investigate prevalence of a group 41 children adolescents, by two validated questionnaires. Methods: qualitative observational study. The guardians individuals (1–17 years old) an...

common disorder which may have both mental and physical effects.l'2 It is an excellent example ofthe close interaction between respiratory and cardiac function. It is claimed that among SAS patients there is an increased risk of sudden death during sleep.3 The literature which states this is very limited, but it seems that these patients run an increase risk of developing systemic hypertension,...

AIM To investigate breathing rhythm and brain stem autonomic control in patients with Rett disorder. SETTING Two university teaching hospitals in the United Kingdom and the Rett Centre, Sweden. PATIENTS 56 female patients with Rett disorder, aged 2-35 years; 11 controls aged 5-28 years. DESIGN One hour recordings of breathing movement, blood pressure, ECG R-R interval, heart rate, transcu...

Sleep is essential for life. Body systems require sleep of good quantity and quality for their proper functioning. Glucose metabolism can be affected adversely by several sleep disorders. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the most important disorder identified in the last 50 years which has systemic effects including glucose metabolism. Aging process also has its effects on glucose metabo...