Patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) treated by nasal continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) need to use CPAP long-term to prevent recurrence of symptoms…

Arterial blood pressure rises at apnea termination, and there is increasing evidence that the
sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is associated with daytime hypertension but no …

BACKGROUND Brief periods of breathing cessation (apneas) or marked reduction in V t (hypopneas)
are common in adults during sleep. Prospective studies indicate that sleep apnea …

Background: The sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome is defined by a pathologic number of
respiratory events during sleep (the apnea–hypopnea index, defined as the number of apnea …

The minimal disease severity at which patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS)
gain benefit from treatment is not well characterized, although a pilot study of …

Respiratory volumes and timing have been measured in 19 healthy adults during wakefulness
and sleep. Minute ventilation was significantly less (p less than 0.05) in all stages of sleep …

Study Objectives: The internet provides a pervasive milieu for healthcare delivery. The
purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel web-based cognitive …

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Orem J. Medullary respiratory neuron activity: relationship to tonic and phasic REM sleep. …

Sleepiness, cognitive performance, and quality of life are overlapping aspects of daytime
function that may be affected in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. …

Polysomnography is used increasingly to investigate patients with possible sleep apnoea/
hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS), but it has not been assessed critically. We thus examined …