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Disturbed sleep and COPD outcomes: Cart meets horse
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading global cause of morbidity and mortality – indeed, COPD is predicted to become the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020 . A number of...
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Brian D. Kent,
Walter T. McNicholas,
Johan Verbraecken
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453-454
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Long-term outcomes and predictors of chronic insomnia: A prospective study in Hong Kong Chinese adults
Abstract: Objectives: We aimed to determine the longitudinal course and outcome of chronic insomnia in a five-year prospective study in Hong Kong Chinese adults. Methods: Two thousand three hundred an...
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Jihui Zhang,
S.P. Lam,
S.X. Li,
M.W.M. Yu,
A.M. Li,
R.C.W. Ma,
A.P.S. Kong,
Y.K. Wing
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455-462
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Effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral self-help program for patients with primary insomnia in general practice – A pilot study
Abstract: Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a cognitive behavioral self-help program (SHP) in combination with pharmacotherapy in patients with primary insomnia in g...
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Inga Katofsky,
Jutta Backhaus,
Klaus Junghanns,
Hans-Jürgen Rumpf,
Michael Hüppe,
Ulrich von Eitzen,
Fritz Hohagen
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463-468
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Clinical significance of night-to-night sleep variability in insomnia
Abstract: Objectives: To evaluate the clinical relevance of night-to-night variability of sleep schedules and insomnia symptoms. Methods: The sample consisted of 455 patients (193 men, mean age=48) se...
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Sooyeon Suh,
Sara Nowakowski,
Rebecca A. Bernert,
Jason C. Ong,
Allison T. Siebern,
Claire L. Dowdle,
Rachel Manber
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469-475
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Disturbed sleep among COPD patients is longitudinally associated with mortality and adverse COPD outcomes
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the cross-sectional association between COPD severity and disturbed sleep and the longitudinal association between disturbed sleep and poor health outcomes. Methods...
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Theodore A. Omachi,
Paul D. Blanc,
David M. Claman,
Hubert Chen,
Edward H. Yelin,
Laura Julian,
Patricia P. Katz
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476-483
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Predictors of sleep-disordered breathing in obese adults who are chronic short sleepers
Abstract: Background: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) is common in obese adults, but not all obese adults have SDB. The aim of these analyses was to determine what predicted SDB in a sample of obese ...
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Kristen L. Knutson,
Xiongce Zhao,
Megan Mattingly,
Giulia Galli,
Giovanni Cizza
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484-489
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Auditory arousal responses and thresholds during REM and NREM sleep of sleepwalkers and controls
Abstract: Background: It has been suggested that sleepwalkers are more difficult to awaken from sleep than are controls. However, no quantified comparisons have been made between these two populations...
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Mathieu Pilon,
Alex Desautels,
Jacques Montplaisir,
Antonio Zadra
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490-495
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Effects of replacement therapy on sleep architecture in children with growth hormone deficiency
Abstract: Objective: Children with GH deficiency (GHD) show a general decrease in electroencephalographic (EEG) arousability represented by a significant global decrease in Cyclic Alternating Pattern ...
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Elisabetta Verrillo,
Carla Bizzarri,
Oliviero Bruni,
Raffaele Ferri,
Martino Pavone,
Marco Cappa,
Renato Cutrera
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496-502
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HHT based cardiopulmonary coupling analysis for sleep apnea detection
Abstract: Study objectives: To validate the feasibility of the Hilbert–Huang transform (HHT) based cardiopulmonary coupling (CPC) technique in respiratory events detection and estimation of the severi...
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Dongdong Liu,
Xiaochen Yang,
Guangfa Wang,
Jing Ma,
Yanhui Liu,
Chung-Kang Peng,
Jue Zhang,
Jing Fang
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503-509
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Impact of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on right ventricle performance in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea, assessed by three-dimensional echocardiography
Abstract: Background: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a predictor of right ventricle (RV) impairment. However, there is scant information on the effect of OSA treatment on RV performance. We sought ...
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Wercules Oliveira,
Dalva Poyares,
Fatima Cintra,
Marcelo L.C. Vieira,
Claudio H. Fischer,
Valdir Moises,
Sergio Tufik,
Antonio Carvalho,
Orlando Campos
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510-516
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Impaired driving simulation in patients with Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
Abstract: Background: Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is considered to be responsible for increased collision rate and impaired driving simulator performance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OS...
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Esther W. Gieteling,
Marije S. Bakker,
Aarnoud Hoekema,
Natasha M. Maurits,
Wiebo H. Brouwer,
Johannes H. van der Hoeven
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517-523
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Obesity plays an independent worsening modifying effect on nocturnal hypoxia in obstructive sleep apnea
Abstract: Objective: Obesity’s association with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is well established. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of obesity on nocturnal hypoxia. Methods: T...
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Itay E. Gabbay,
Uri Gabbay,
Peretz Lavie
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524-528
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Leg movements during wakefulness in restless legs syndrome: Time structure and relationships with periodic leg movements during sleep
Abstract: Background and objective: Approximately one third of patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) also show periodic leg movements (PLM) during relaxed wake fulness (PLMW). In contrast with th...
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Raffaele Ferri,
Mauro Manconi,
Giuseppe Plazzi,
Oliviero Bruni,
Filomena I.I. Cosentino,
Luigi Ferini-Strambi,
Marco Zucconi
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529-535
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Sleep instability and cognitive status in drug-resistant epilepsies
Abstract: Objective: The aims of this study were to evaluate the sleep habits of children with drug resistant epilepsy and to correlate sleep abnormalities with epilepsy and level of intelligence. Sub...
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Alessandra Marques Pereira,
Oliviero Bruni,
Raffaele Ferri,
Magda Lahorgue Nunes
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536-541
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Efficacy of vitamins C, E, and their combination for treatment of restless legs syndrome in hemodialysis patients: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Abstract: Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common disorder in hemodialysis patients that leads to insomnia and impaired quality of life. Because high oxidative stress has been implicated ...
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Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb,
Banafshe Dormanesh,
Mohammad Kazem Fallahzadeh,
Hamideh Akbari,
Sahar Sohrabi Nazari,
Seyed Taghi Heydari,
Saeed Behzadi
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542-545
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Brief morning light treatment for sleep/wake disturbances in older memory-impaired individuals and their caregivers
Abstract: Background: Scheduled exposure to bright light (phototherapy) has been used, with varying degrees of success, to treat sleep disruption in older individuals. Most of these studies have been ...
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Leah Friedman,
Adam P. Spira,
Beatriz Hernandez,
Christina Mather,
Javaid Sheikh,
Sonia Ancoli-Israel,
Jerome A. Yesavage,
Jamie M. Zeitzer
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546-549
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Introduction to Video-Clinical Corners
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Video-polysomnographic study of a patient with Morvan’s Fibrillary Chorea
Morvan’s Fibrillary Chorea (MC) is a rare disorder (approximately 100 cases described to date) characterized by severe insomnia (with practically complete lack of sleep for weeks or months in a row) a...
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Bartolo Lanuzza,
Debora Aricò,
Filomena I.I. Cosentino,
Federica Provini,
Raffaele Ferri
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550-553
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Full recovery of agrypnia associated with anti-Lgi1 antibodies encephalitis under immunomodulatory treatment: A case report with sequential polysomnographic assessment
Antibodies to Kv1 potassium channel-complex proteins have been observed in various syndromes, including limbic encephalitis, Morvan’s syndrome, and neuromyotonia . However, specific targets of potassi...
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Laure Peter-Derex,
Perrine Devic,
Véronique Rogemond,
Sylvain Rheims,
François Mauguière,
Jérôme Honnorat
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554-556
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