Sleep Medicine
Sleep Strategies
Sleep-disordered breathing in neuromuscular disease
Sleep-disordered breathing is a common sleep disturbance in neuromuscular disease.
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OSA diagnoses not carried forward to the inpatient setting
Missed OSA diagnoses could have especially negative implications for patients who don’t continue on positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy during...
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Use of e-cigarettes may be linked to sleep deprivation
Nicotine could affect “sleep architecture and disturb the neurotransmitters that regulate sleep cycle.”
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Screening algorithm safely selects patients for OSA treatment before bariatric surgery
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Study validates OSA phenotypes in Latinos
Prior research to characterize the heterogeneity of sleep apnea has not included a diverse Latino population.
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Insomnia may have a role in generation of stressful life events
The “stress-generation hypothesis” posits that depressed individuals generate more stressful life events.
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Study confirms link between PAP apnea treatment and dementia onset
People who are treated for OSA have a 22% reduced odds of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Sleep EEG may predict later antidepressant response
“Being able to see if an antidepressant works within 1 week would be a real breakthrough,” said Catherine Harmer, DPhil.
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Obesity-related hypoventilation increased morbidity risk after bariatric surgery
Adverse outcomes after bariatric surgery were greater in this subset of obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
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Insomnia + COPD linked to more outpatient, ED visits
In this sample of veterans, 37.3% had both COPD and insomnia.