Publications-10
Upper airway resistance syndrome: effect of nasal dilation, sleep stage, and sleep position
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The upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) is one of the mild variants of obstructive sleep disordered breathing. Nasal obstruction is proposed as one of the mechanisms that lowers intrapharyngeal pressure and hence increases airway collapsibility... |
Health care utilization in males with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome two years after diagnosis and treatment
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To document changes in health care utilization (physician claims and hospitalizations) two years after diagnosis and treatment of patients with OSAS... |
Hospital nights utilized for CPAP titration in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients in the absence of a proper sleep disorders center | |
BaHammam Hospital nights utilized for CPAP titration in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients in the absence of a proper sleep disorders center. A , Rahman AA. Ann Saudi Med. 2000 Jan; 20(1):83-5... |
Clinical profile of sleep apnea syndrome
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To review a series of patients with sleep apnea syndrome, to promote more awareness and alert local health professionals to early diagnosis and treatment... |
Knowledge and attitude of primary health care physicians towards sleep disorders
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Although sleep disorders are common, these are under-recognized and underestimated by many workers in the medical field due to lack of physician's education in sleep and sleep disorders... |
Knowledge and attitude of Primary Health Care Physicians towards sleep disorders
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Although sleep disorders are common, these are under-recognized and underestimated by many workers in the medical field due to lack of physician`s education in sleep and sleep disorders... |
Evoked and event related potentials in chronic respiratory failure
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To assess the value of brainstem auditory evoked potentials and event related evoked potential (3rd positive component of evoked related potentials with latency of 300 millisecond, in evaluating cognitive dysfunction in patients with chronic respiratory failure... |
Acute eosinophilic pneumonia simulating severe community acquired pneumonia
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Idiopathic acute eosinophilic pneumonia is a recently described cause of acute respiratory failure. It usually affects young healthy individuals. Usually non-pulmonary organs are not involved. Bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia is required for diagnosis. This disease responds uniformly to a short course of corticosteroids and does not recur... |
Sleep Pattern, Daytime Sleepiness, and Eating Habits during the Month of Ramadan
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We assessed the effect of Islamic fasting and its attendant changes in lifestyle on total sleep time,sleep habits,daytime sleepiness,and eating habits in a group of young healthy subjects during the first 3 weeks of Ramadan.Study participants were healthy Muslim medical students,male and female,who fast for Ramadan... |
Effects of fasting during Ramadan on sleep architecture, daytime sleepiness and sleep pattern
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Fasting during Ramadan is distinct from regular voluntary or experimental fasting. This project was conducted to objectively assess the effect of Ramadan fasting on sleep architecture, daytime sleepiness and the circadian cycle of melatonin level... |