This review article is written in order to provide an insight to the risk factors, pathogenesis and management of obstructive sleep apnea. Special emphasis is made on the dentist's role, duties and responsibilities in the analysis and treatment of this clinical condition.Alshah...
obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, sleep disorders (unspecified), organic or persistent insomnia, and sleep apnea (unspecified). PRS for SHS-PC2, SHS-PC4, and SHS-PC5 were associated with 2 sleep phecodes: obstructive sleep apnea and sleep apnea. Whereas the SHS-PC4 PRS was ...
STOP-Bang questionnaire: a practical approach to screen for obstructive sleep apnea. Chest. 2016;149(3):631–8. Article PubMed Google Scholar Gale NK, Heath G, Cameron E, Rashid S, Redwood S. Using the framework method for the analysis of qualitative data in multi-disciplinary health ...
The physical symptoms of sleep deprivation could be felt if you have an underlying illness or take medication that causes insomnia. Also, taking stimulants such as alcohol, caffeinated drinks, or smoking before bedtime can result in poor sleep quality. Other reasons for being deprived of sleep in...
Making a patient an anti-snoring device may mask the symptoms of sleep apnoea, leading to a delay in its diagnosis. Being aware of the signs of sleep apnoea allows dentists to identify and appropriately refer at-risk patients for appropriate medical assessment. ...
Nocturnal disruptions are one of the most commonly experienced symptoms of dementia. A growing body of evidence indicates that sleep disorders may act as a predictor of dementia incidence, such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI)5,6, where alterations in sleep quality may generate and/or accelerate...
Automatic diagnosis of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS) has become an important area of research due to the growing interest in the field of sleep medicine and the costs associated with its m...
reported that Web-based PA promotion programs were also potentially beneficial in decreasing Asian American midlife women’s sleep-related symptoms (p=0.0733) [44]. Besides, McDonough et al. found that YouTube-delivered PA intervention may help foster clinically meaningful improvements in working age...
Sleep is an essential human function but its regulation is poorly understood. Using accelerometer data from 85,670 UK Biobank participants, we perform a genome-wide association study of 8 derived sleep traits representing sleep quality, quantity and timi
The present findings support that high prevalence of OS in mild hypoxemic COPD patients is related to BMI, and a sleep study should be considered in obese COPD patients, even in those with no sleep apnea symptoms. P30 Sleep disorders and the TNF-α/G-308A polymorphism in program WHO MONICA...