Poor sleep in children is associated with lower neurocognitive functioning and increased maladaptive behaviors. The current study examined the impact of snoring (the most common manifestation of sleep-disordered breathing) on cognitive and brain functioning in a sample of 35 asymptomatic children ages 5-7 years identified in the community as having habitual snoring (SDB). All participants compl...

disorders and their health consequences are often neglected in this population [2]. Most of the literature looking at sleep in cancer patients has focused on insomnia, particularly in breast cancer patients [3], with a few studies exploring the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in head and neck cancer patients [4, Class III]. Systematic research on other sleep disorders is lacking ...

Heart failure (HF) imposes a major public health burden in the United States with a prevalence of 5.1 million and accounts for >30 billion dollars in total costs each year. Sudden arrhythmic death constitutes an important cause of mortality in patients with HF. In randomized controlled trials, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy was associated with a reduction in all-cause mort...

Heart failure (HF) is a growing health problem which paradoxically results from the advances in the treatment of etiologically related diseases (especially coronary artery disease). HF is commonly accompanied by sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), which may directly exacerbate the clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease and confers a poorer prognosis. Obstructive sleep apnoea predominat...

CONTEXT Excess body weight is positively associated with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), a prevalent condition in the US general population. No large study has been conducted of the longitudinal association between SDB and change in weight. OBJECTIVE To measure the independent longitudinal association between weight change and change in SDB severity. DESIGN Population-based, prospective c...

The effects of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) on neurobehavioral function were examined in two matched groups of children from the general population. Thirty-five children with polysomnographically confirmed SDB were matched for ethnicity, age, gender, maternal educational attainment, and maternal smoking, to healthy children with no evidence of SDB. Children with SDB had significantly lower ...

The prevalence and characteristics of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with ventricular arrhythmias, such as premature ventricular complexes and ventricular tachycardia, are unknown. Therefore, this study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of SDB in patients with severe ventricular arrhythmias and normal left ventricular (LV) function. Thirty-five patients (63% men, mean age 5...

OBJECTIVE The existence of a rapid eye movement (REM)-specific sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been suggested based on the finding of an association between sleepiness and respiratory disturbances confined primarily to REM sleep. The aim of the study was to define the frequency and the clinical and polysomnographic features of REM SDB in a large clinical population. METHODS Anthropometri...

RATIONALE Metabolic syndrome (MetS) affects 4 to 10% of adolescents. Risk factors include overweight, male sex, and Hispanic ethnicity. Although sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been implicated as a risk factor for MetS in adults, its association with SDB in adolescents is unknown. OBJECTIVES To define the association of SDB with MetS in adolescents. METHODS Standardized measurements of...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Transient changes in heart rate associated with obstructive apneas have been suggested for screening of sleep disordered breathing (SDB). This study prospectively compares the outcomes of an automated ECG-based SDB screening tool with simultaneous polysomnography. METHODS The previously-developed automated algorithm was applied to a single channel ECG obtained during standard...