The investigations for diagnosis and severity of OSA in Thai population need RDI from the PSG in sleep laboratory. The current problems of Thailand are firstly, inadequate sleep specialist and experienced technician: secondly, inadequate sleep laboratory result in long queue of appointments for sleep study. The authors proposed the new application for solving problem and developing to prioritiz...

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The quality of life of 50 end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients on hemodialysis was evaluated before and after kidney transplantation (KTx). Mean duration of the patients' hemodialysis was 3 years and mean postoperative period was 2.4 years when tested. Common problems of such patients such as depression, sleep disorders, energy pattern disruption, sex-life difficulties, and appetite dis...

BACKGROUND There is an increased prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms, peptic ulcer disease, and colon cancer in night-shiftworkers, whose sleep is commonly disrupted. Sleep complaints are an extrapyramidal symptom of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Sleep disruption may contribute to increased medical morbidity by weakening the ability of the immune system to protect against endotoxins-this ...

Abstract Background Behçet’s disease (BD) is a multi-organ with different systemic manifestations. While rare in the United States and Europe, it more common Middle East Asia. BD one of commonest encountered vasculitis Egypt. This study aims to evaluate patients' sleep patterns, quality life, psychological aspects. Methods Patients suffering from (thirty patients) 30 matched age sex-healthy con...

BACKGROUND Difficulty turning over in bed is a common night-time symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). We aimed to quantitatively evaluate overnight turnover movements using a three-axis accelerometer and to investigate whether inability to turn in bed is related to daytime sleepiness, sleep quality, and depressive mood in PD patients. METHODS We examined 64 patients with PD (mean age, 73.3±8....

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...

background and objective: failure in diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea in children lead to physical and mental growth retardation, cardiopulmonary, and/or behavioral disorders. this study was aimed to evaluate polysomnographic (psg) and clinical findings of sleep apnea in children referred to a sleep clinic in qazvin, iran. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted am...

sleep disorders in children can lead to considerable complications. in some mental disorders including autism, it has more importance. despite the importance of sleep in children developments and lives, few researches have conducted in this area therefore this research is going to investigate sleep behavioral disorders in children and compare with normal children. research design was causal-com...