A growing body of evidence has delineated the predominant role of humoral mediators of inflammation in linking sleep with immunity. Nonetheless, characterization of the relationship between complement components with inflammatory functions and objective sleep measures has not been performed...

During a child's development, several important developmental physiological sleep processes occur, and, occasionally, pathological disorders occur, which results in differences between obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in adults and children...

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is defined as recurrent airway collapse or blockage resulting in repetitive, intermittent hypoxia and hypercapnia during sleep ( 36 ). Moreover, it con...

Objective: The prevalence of restless leg syndrome (RLS) in pregnant women has not been assessed in Saudi Arabia. The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence and severity of RLS among pregnant women attending...

Introduction Sleep problems during pregnancy are common. Most pregnant females suffer from impaired sleep-quality and frequent awakening during night, particularly when approaching labor. Recent studies have mentioned that 80–97% of females in the third trimester of pregnancy reported waking up at...

The possible therapeutic role of melatonin in the pathophysiology of coronary artery disorder (CAD) is increasingly being recognized. In humans, exogenous melatonin has been shown to decrease nocturnal hypertension, improve systolic and diastolic blood pressure, reduce the pulsatility index in the internal carotid...

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) is a rigorously validated questionnaire with extensive use in sleep assessment. Findings from numerous factor analytic studies of the PSQI have been interpreted to support a heterogeneous factor structure model for the test. Nevertheless, the literature continues to...

Obesity is a global epidemic that adversely affects respiratory physiology. Sleep-disordered breathing and obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) are among the most common pulmonary complications related to obesity class III...

Purpose: To explore and validate the factor structure of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in young collegiate adults. Methods: Six hundred university students were initially contacted and invited to participate in...

ABSTRACT: After polysomnography (PSG) is completed, the recording is analyzed. Scoring an overnight sleep study requires mastering of the scoring rules and good experience. In this chapter, we cov...

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