- ►annals.org [PDF] F Barbe, LR Mayoralas, J Duran, JF Masa, A … - Annals of internal medicine, 2001 - Am Coll Physicians Background: The sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome is defined by a pathologic
number of respiratory events during sleep (the apnea–hypopnea index, defined
as the number of apnea and hypopnea episodes per hour) and daytime symptoms ... Cited by 251 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 C Monasterio, S Vidal, J Duran, M Ferrer, … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2001 - 171.66.122.149 The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of continuous positive
airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with mild sleep apnea- hypopnea syndrome
(SAHS). One hundred forty-two consecutive patients with mild SAHS (apnea- ... Cited by 128 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►atsjournals.org JF Faccenda, TW Mackay, NA Boon, NJ … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2001 - Am Thoracic Soc Arterial blood pressure rises at apnea termination, and there is increasing
evidence that the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is associated with
daytime hypertension but no randomized controlled trial evidence of whether ... Cited by 369 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►ersj.org.uk GV Robinson, DM Smith, BA Langford, RJO … - European Respiratory Journal, 2006 - ersj.org.uk Thirty-five, nonsleepy, hypertensive patients with OSA were treated with CPAP
for 1 month, randomised first to either therapeutic or sham-placebo
(subtherapeutic CPAP, about 1 cmH 2 O pressure). The second months' ... Cited by 82 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►cebp.nl [PDF] JCT Pepperell, S Ramdassingh-Dow, N … - The Lancet, 2002 - Elsevier We did a randomised parallel trial to compare change in blood pressure in 118
men with obstructive sleep apnoea (Epworth score >9, and a >4% oxygen
desaturation index of >10 per h) who were assigned to either therapeutic ... Cited by 503 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 M Barnes, D Houston, CJ Worsnop, AM Neill, … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2002 - 171.66.122.149 A common clinical dilemma faced by sleep physicians is in deciding the level of
severity at which patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should be treated.
There is particular uncertainty about the need for, and the effectiveness ... Cited by 153 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►ahajournals.org HF Becker, A Jerrentrup, T Ploch, L Grote, T … - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Sixty consecutive patients with moderate to severe OSA
were randomly assigned to either effective or subtherapeutic nCPAP for 9 weeks
on average. Nocturnal polysomnography and continuous noninvasive blood ... Cited by 488 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 34 versions
- ►ahajournals.org [PDF] JE Dimsdale, JS Loredo, J Profant - Hypertension, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc Abstract—This study examined the effect of continuous positive airway pressure
(CPAP) treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Thirty-nine patients with sleep apnea were studied. Ambulatory blood ... Cited by 191 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 HM Engleman, RN Kingshott, PK Wraith, TW … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 1999 - 171.66.122.149 The minimal disease severity at which patients with the sleep apnea/hypopnea
syndrome (SAHS) gain benefit from treatment is not well characterized, although
a pilot study of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy showed ... Cited by 311 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►171.66.122.149 JM MONTSERRAT, M FERRER, L HERNANDEZ … - American journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2001 - 171.66.122.149 Application of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as the standard
treatment for sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) is a moot point. Studies on
the effectiveness of this treatment have been challenged because of the ... Cited by 167 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
