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Filter by:Sleep apnea is a common problem in middle-aged and older Veterans that is associated with poor nighttime sleep, more daytime sleepiness, poor functioning and worse quality of life. The recommended therapy for most patients with sleep apnea is positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy; however, over time many patients prescribed PAP therapy no longer use it regularly. This study will test the effects of an education program specifically designed for middle-aged and older Veterans who have stopped using their PAP device, or are not using it regularly. Eligible Veterans who are enrolled into the study will receive a baseline assessment that includes questionnaires about sleep, health, and quality of life. After completing the baseline assessment, participants will be randomly assigned to one of two education groups. Both groups will meet individually with a "sleep coach" for 5 session over 8 weeks, then they will be contacted monthly by telephone for up to 6 months. Participants will complete follow-up assessments immediately after the fifth education session and again at 6-months and 12-months. If successful, this approach has the potential to improve sleep, function and quality of life in middle-aged and older Veterans.
The investigators hypothesize that Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is an independent risk factor for atrial fibrosis development. The investigators aim to prove the presence and progression of atrial fibrosis on Delayed Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging (DE-MRI) in OSA patients without atrial fibrillation (AF). The investigators will also investigate the correlation between OSA metrics (nocturnal oxygen saturation and Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI)) and degree of fibrosis at baseline and its progression.
To improve the quality of medical care in the group of poststroke patients, we are planning to examine neurological patients in a rehabilitation clinic simultaneously with a non-contact method (Sleepiz One) and a standard diagnostic polygraphy measurement. This easy and comfortable pre-screening (Sleepiz One) should reduce the barrier for ward physicians to request a sleep study. The method could help to overcome the bottleneck of resource-intense procedures. It is simple to carry out and does not disturb the sleep of the patients. The scoring is done according to the AASM Manual Version 2.6. Patients with a confirmed diagnosis will be informed about therapy options by a sleep physician and receive a recommendation for further therapy in the discharge letter from the rehabilitation clinic. The goal of the study is then to evaluate if a non-contact method, the Sleepiz One, presents an opportunity for a fast and easy pre-screening during rehabilitation. Therefore, the precision of binary classification of subjects based on their sleep apnea severity (AHI >= 15) made by Sleepiz One will be compared to PG data manually scored by expert sleep scorers.
This study is a prospective, single-arm study conducted under a common implant and follow-up protocol. The objective will be to follow fifty-seven (57) adolescents and young adults (10-21 years of age), with Down syndrome, moderate to severe sleep apnea, and post-adenotonsillectomy, for 12 months after undergoing implant of the Inspire Upper Airway Stimulation (UAS) System. The study is being conducted in order to evaluate objective change in cognition and expressive language after implant and therapy with the Inspire UAS System.
The European database ESADA, containing data from more than 30,000 patients with very different severities of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome, prospectively collects data from patients referred to academic sleep laboratories in many European countries (https://esada.med.gu.se/). Since 2007, Grenoble is one of the two French centers with Paris and is a very active participant in this European database for patient inclusion and data exploitation. The first objective of the "ESADA Follow-up and outcomes" project is to collect cardiovascular events during the follow-up of patients in the European database through telephone interviews and a structured questionnaire. Other objectives are to collect metabolic events, incident cancers and deaths in the same population using the same mean. An additional objective is to assess the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP, the reference treatment for OSA) on the occurrence of cardiovascular and metabolic events and incident cancers, as this is still discussed in the literature.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility and effect of a 12-week remotely-supervised rehabilitation program in male patients between 25-65 years old with newly diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea with Apnea-Hypopnea Index greater than 15 episodes per hour indicated to CPAP therapy.
This prospective, observational cohort study aims to explore the influence of obstructive sleep apnea(OSA) on the efficacy of PD-1-based immunotherapy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer(NSCLC). Patients who had no prior treatment for advanced NSCLC and are intended to receive PD-1/PD-L1 antibody will be recruited. According to sleep monitor results, participants will be divided into Group NSCLC and Group OSA+NSCLC. Primary outcome is the objective remission rate(ORR).
Drug-induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) is the most used technique for identifying the obstruction site associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This is due to the fact that it allows many patients to be examined in a daytime setting. This procedure uses sedative drugs to mimic natural sleep. However, associations with the site of upper airway (UA) collapse during natural sleep remain unclear. The aim of this explorative study is to identify UA collapse in patients with OSA using endoscopic techniques as well as flow shape characteristics and sound analyses during natural and drug-induced sleep. Furthermore, we want to optimize the measurement set-up of natural sleep endoscopy (NSE).
Acetazolamide, a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, has received some attention as potential treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). It produces a metabolic acidosis by excreting bicarbonate, thereby stimulating baseline ventilation. Evidence suggests that acetazolamide primarily improves ventilatory control instability (expressed as loop gain), which is an important contributor to the pathophysiology of OSA. Few studies have assessed the efficacy of acetazolamide in patients with OSA. Since most of them had a small sample size and used different therapeutic dosages, clinical applications are currently limited. Therefore, this study aims to compare the effect of two acetazolamide dosages on the severity and pathophysiology of OSA.
The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the effect of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy on 24-hour mean blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) varies between symptom phenotypes.