background & aim: the aim of this clinical trial study was to evaluate sleep quality in patients with chronic lung disease and the role of controlled breathing to improve the quality of sleep. methods & materials: sixty-four patients with chronic lung disease in two group (experimental and control group) enrolled in a 7 weeks. before interventions, the pittsburgh sleep quality index (psqi) and ...

Sleep-disordered breathing has a high prevalence in the general population, but is especially prominent in patients with heart failure (HF). HF and sleep-disordered breathing share a bidirectional relationship, with sleep-disordered breathing being both cause and effect of poor cardiac functioning. The high inter-individual variability of symptom presentation can impede the clinical diagnostic ...

S leep apnea is defined as a sleep disorder with frequent episodes of upper-airway obstruction resulting in hemoglobin oxygen desaturation. The disorder is characterized by periods of breathing cessation (apnea) and periods of reduced breathing (hypopnea). Sleep apnea increases morbidity and mortality, thus making it a condition worthy of investigation.1 Sleep apnea is typically categorized as ...

ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) IS THE MOST COMMON PSYCHIATRIC DISORDER IN CHILDREN AND OCCURS 3 TO 6 TIMES MORE FREQUENTLY IN BOYS THAN IN GIRLS.1 It is characterized by impaired attention, impulsivity, and excessive motor activity.2 Parents have reported high prevalence of sleep problems in children diagnosed with ADHD. Recently, it has been suggested that sleep problems assoc...

BACKGROUND: Heart failure is a highly prevalent disorder that continues to be associated with repeated hospitalizations, high morbidity, and high mortality. Sleep-related breathing disorders with repetitive episodes of asphyxia may adversely affect heart function. The main aims of this study were to determine the prevalence, consequences, and differences in various sleep-related breathing disor...

Non-restorative sleep has considerable consequences for daily life. A sleep disorder is recognized by symptoms such as daytime fatigue and performance or concentration disorders. Furthermore, it increases the risk of developing cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurologic diseases. The diagnosis and therapy of sleep disorders is not only in the sleep medicine doctor's hands. A multidisciplinary ap...

VĂ˝znamnĂĄ část nosologickĂ˝ch jednotek z okruhu nervosvalovĂ˝ch onemocněnĂ­ vede v určitĂŠ fĂĄzi svĂŠho prĹŻběhu k oslabenĂ­ svalĹŻ dĂ˝chacĂ­ch anebo svalovĂ˝ch struktur hornĂ­ch cest dĂ˝chacĂ­ch. Toto se u velkĂŠ části pacientĹŻ vĂ˝razněji manifestuje vleĹže. NĂĄsledně během spĂĄnku nejčastěji objevuje obstrukčnĂ­ spĂĄnkovĂĄ apnoe a hypoventilace vĂĄzanĂĄ na spĂĄnek, vzĂĄcnějĹĄĂ...

ABBREVIATIONS : AASM 5 American Academy of Sleep Medicine ; CRSWD 5 circadian rhythm sleepwake disorder ; CSA 5 central sleep apnea ; CSB 5 Cheyne-Stokes breathing ; ICD 5 International Classification of Diseases ; ICSD 5 International Classification of Sleep Disorders ; IH 5 idiopathic hypersomnia ; MSLT 5 multiple sleep latency test ; NREM 5 non-rapid eye movement ; OCST 5 out-ofcenter sleep ...