Primary central sleep apnea of infancy tends to improve over weeks with supportive care. No established treatments exist; however, infants with this condition remain at risk from sequelae of intermittent hypoxemia. We present a term infant with primary central sleep apnea of infancy treated with ...
Sleep deprivation and sleep restriction produce two kinds of symptoms: (1) “sleepiness” and related symptoms, due to increased sleep pressure mediated by central homeostatic mechanisms; and (2) cognitive impairment, irritability, difficulty concentrating, and fatigue, due to synaptic overload of cort...
When adult depression is considered in a clinical context, the most common diagnosis applied is MDD. This diagnosis requires inclusion of at least one of two major symptoms – dysphoria or anhedonia – and four other major or minor symptoms including sleep disturbance, feelings of guilt or worthle...
All cilia share a core structure of the axoneme (see Figure 1), which contains nine microtubule doublets, each consisting of an A and B tubule, encircling the periphery of the cilia, that is anchored by a basal body in the apical cytoplasm. Motile cilia also have a central pair of micr...
The location was chosen based on convenience and includes two different states located in the central of Peninsular Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur (1.67 million populations and 100% urbanisation) and Selangor (5.46 million populations and 91.4% urbanisation). The selection of eight national primary schools ...
Malaysia is experiencing a rise in the prevalence of childhood obesity. Evidence for the relationship between dietary intake and body weight among Malaysian children is limited, with the impact of energy intake misreporting rarely being considered. This