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Filter by:We aimed to investigate the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) risk and respiratory inflammation evaluated by the exhaled breath condensate (EBC)interleukin-6 IL-6 and plasma SP-D, based on the Berlin questionnaire (BQ) screening values in an adult, urban community in Beijing, China. Volunteers aged >40 years were recruited from the Shichahai community of central Beijing. Their general information and disease history were recorded. OSA risk was assessed using the BQ. IL-6 in EBC and plasma SP-D were detected by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA)through specimens collected on fasting. The differences in IL-6 and SP-D contents between high-risk and low-risk groups for OSA were compared, and the factors affecting their contents were analyzed.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep related breathing disorder caused by repetitive collapses of the upper airways resulting in impaired breathing, oxygen desaturation and sleep disturbances. OSA has a massive impact on global health contributing directly to cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and daytime fatigue and is repeatedly associated with an increase in motor vehicle accidents. The mainstay of treatment is still the use of positive airway pressure or surgery of the upper airways, but the success rate is persistently low. Surgery may be of help, but there is a lack of patient-specific options in both diagnostics and treatment. Mathematical and computational modeling is expected to provide significant insight into the airway function and onset of OSA. This study is part of a project that will rely on biomedical engineering to obtain the required insight to produce software tools for computer-aided diagnostics and treatment of OSA.
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.
Sleep Apnea Syndrome (SAS) is highly prevalent in acute stroke and it is related to worst outcome. We aim to assess if SAS treatment, started immediately after acute ischemic stroke, impacts infarct growing and clinical prognosis.
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 look at the effect of using Mirtazapine to target a specific pathway in the body, that relies on a natural chemical the body produces called 'serotonin', in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) and non-injured persons during sleep. During this part of the study participants will be asked to take Mirtazapine (15mg per day) and a placebo in a random fashion, each for a one week period (drug period) of time followed by one week without drugs (washout period). The drugs will not be taken all at the same time, but each will be taken separately for one weeks followed by a night study to look at the effect the Mirtazapine/placebo pill has on the way the body responds during sleep.
It is a prospective, single center, single-arm clinical study to enroll a maximum of 25 subjects.
Obesity is a common risk factor for the development of obstructive sleep apnea. However, not all subjects with obesity develop obstructive sleep apnea. This study will attempt to determine the mechanistic drivers between obesity and obstructive sleep apnea.