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Prevalence of symptoms and risk of sleep apnea in patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysm.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of symptoms and risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms. METHODS: In this case-control study, a validated Arabic version of the Berlin Questionnaire (BQ) was administered to patients admitted to King Fahd Medical City,...

Decision making in obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. Putting it all together.

Obstructive sleep-disordered breathing consists of a spectrum ranging from the upper airway resistance syndrome to complete apnea. Although this disorder is relatively common, it is still under-recognized, resulting in a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. In this article,...

The effects of Ramadan fasting on sleep patterns and daytime sleepiness: An objective assessment.

BACKGROUND: Ramadan fasting and its associated lifestyle changes have been linked to changes in sleep and daytime sleepiness. This study was designed to assess the effects of Ramadan fasting on patterns of sleep and daytime sleepiness...

Intermittent fasting during Ramadan: does it affect sleep?

Islamic intermittent fasting is distinct from regular voluntary or experimental fasting. We hypothesised that if a regimen of a fixed sleep-wake schedule and a fixed caloric intake is followed during intermittent fasting, the effects of fasting on sleep architecture and daytime sleepiness will be minimal...

Objective assessment of drowsiness and reaction time during intermittent Ramadan fasting in young men: a case-crossover study.

BACKGROUND: Ramadan fasting and its attendant lifestyle changes induce changes in the circadian rhythm and in associated physiological and metabolic functions. Previous studies that have assessed psychomotor performance during Ramadan fasting have reported conflicting results...

Sleep medicine education and knowledge among medical students in selected Saudi Medical Schools.

Background: Limited information is available regarding sleep medicine education worldwide. Nevertheless, medical education has been blamed for the under-recognition of sleep disorders among physicians. This study was designed to assess the knowledge of Saudi undergraduate medical students about sleep and sleep disorders and...

Pressure-controlled ventilation and sleep in COPD patients in the intensive care unit: The role of tidal volume?

Esquinas AM1, Bahammam AS.: Comment in Reply to Pressure-controlled ventilation and sleep in COPD patients in the intensive care unit: the role of tidal volume? [Respir Med. 2013], Comment on Does using pressure-controlled ventilation to rest respiratory muscles improve sleep in ICU patients?...

Per3 length polymorphism in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

BACKGROUND: A number of observations support the involvement of circadian clock genes in the regulation of metabolic processes. One of these circadian genes, Per3, exhibits a variable number tandem repeat length polymorphism, consisting of two alleles, namely four and five repeat alleles, in its exon 18...

Sleep medicine services in Saudi Arabia: The 2013 national survey.

Background : We conducted this national survey to quantitatively assess sleep medicine services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and to identify obstacles that specialists and hospitals face, precluding the establishment of this service...

A comparison between the AASM 2012 and 2007 definitions for detecting hypopnea.

Purpose: To compare the apnea–hypopnea indices (AHIs) derived using three hypopnea definitions published by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and to determine the impact of the new modifications of the definition on AHIs and the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)...

 

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