Sleep and Health Risk

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Present State of Ambulatory Monitoring of Sleep....Pages 3-10
Problem-Oriented Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders Using Computerized Methods....Pages 11-19
Computer-Assisted Polysomnography....Pages 20-27
Vitalog “Lunchbox” Home Monitor for Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea....Pages 28-36
A Mobile Ten-Channel Unit (Sidas 2010) for the Diagnosis of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders....Pages 37-49
Model-Based Sleep Analysis....Pages 50-57
A New Method of Electroencephalographic Analysis for the Determination of Stable and Unstable Processes....Pages 58-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Two-Peak 24-Hour Patterns in Sleep, Mortality, and Error....Pages 65-77
Sleepiness in an Adult Population: Prevalence, Validity, and Correlates....Pages 78-83
Epidemiology and Natural History of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 84-91
Insomnia and Menopause Among Middle-Aged Women: An Epidemiological Survey of Icelandic Women....Pages 92-100
Symptoms and Findings in 489 Outpatients with Suspected Sleep Apnea....Pages 101-107
Long-Term Evolution of Obstructive Sleep Apnea....Pages 108-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Physiological Risks During Sleep....Pages 119-123
Health Risks Associated with Autonomic Nervous System Malfunction....Pages 124-136
Sleep Disturbances Caused by Rest-Dependent Muscular and Motor Dysfunctions....Pages 137-145
Health Risk Narcolepsy: Evidence for an Involvement of Alpha-Adrenergic Mechanisms....Pages 146-153
Sleep-Related Respiratory Impairment in Muscular and Skeletal Diseases....Pages 154-160
Ambulatory Monitoring of Sleep-Related Panic Attacks....Pages 161-166
Psychological Problems Correlated with Sleep Apnea....Pages 167-173
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Interaction and Classification of Sleep and Health Risk....Pages 174-179
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Central Venous Oxygen Saturation, Abnormal Gas Exchange, and Rate of Fall of Arterial Oxyhemoglobin Saturation During Obstructive Apnea....Pages 183-192
Advances in Respiration Acoustic Monitoring....Pages 193-200
Variability of Breathing Pattern....Pages 201-208
Sleep and Asthma....Pages 209-219
Mechanical Ventilation in the Treatment of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders....Pages 220-228
The Efficiency of the MESAM System in Long-Term Control of nCPAP Therapy....Pages 229-236
Cyclical Variation of Heart Rate in Sleep Apnea Before and Under Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy....Pages 237-245
Prevalence of Oxygen Desaturations and Associated Breathing Disorders During Sleep in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease....Pages 246-250
Maxillomandibular Advancement for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea....Pages 251-256
Results of ENT Examination in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy....Pages 257-262
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Shift Work and Sleep Disturbances....Pages 265-278
Sleep Apnea and Accidents: Health Risk for Healthy People?....Pages 279-285
Association Between Sleep Disturbances and Blood Pressure in Shiftworkers....Pages 286-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Blood Pressure in Sleep-Related Disordered Breathing: A Hypothesis....Pages 295-299
Changes in General Circulation in Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 300-309
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders and Arterial Hypertension....Pages 310-318
Investigations of Arterial Baro- and Chemoreflexes in Patients with Arterial Hypertension and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 319-334
Analysis of Central Apnea in Patients with and Without Left Ventricular Failure....Pages 335-340
Increased Sympathetic Activity as Possible Etiology of Hypertension and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea....Pages 341-347
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Changes in Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction During Arterial REM Sleep Desaturation and Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 348-355
Pulmonary Hemodynamics in the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 356-363
Pulmonary Artery Pressure During Central Sleep Apnea....Pages 364-370
Prevalence of Sleep Apnea in Patients Without Evidence of Cardiac Disease....Pages 371-377
Nocturnal Myocardial Ischemia and Cardiac Arrhythmias in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders....Pages 378-385
Blood Pressure Behavior in Patients with Sleep Apnea Under Cilazapril Versus Metoprolol....Pages 386-395
Front Matter....Pages 397-397
Respiratory Adaptation During Sleep in Infants and Children: Risk Factors....Pages 399-407
Infant Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Near-Miss Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and the Development of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 408-424
Respiratory Mechanisms During Sleep that Might Be Responsible for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome....Pages 425-437
Respiratory Control Development and Sleep States in Newborns and During the First Weeks of Life in Humans....Pages 438-447
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Risk Reduction....Pages 448-457
Children Intolerant to Cow’s Milk May Suffer from Severe Insomnia....Pages 458-467
Indications of Sleep-Related Upper Airway Obstruction in Children....Pages 468-475
Development, Disturbances, and Training of Respiratory Regulation in Infants....Pages 476-485
Daytime Hypoxia, Sleep Disturbance, Nocturnal Hypoxaemia and Retarded Growth in Young Children Who Snore (Before and After Adenotonsillectomy) Compared with Control Children....Pages 486-490
Pathophysiological Study of the Respiratory Disturbance Caused by Adenoid-Tonsillar Hypertrophy....Pages 491-496
Unreliability of Apnea Monitoring in Infants with Sleep-Dependent Hypoventilation....Pages 497-500
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Interactions Between the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal System and Sleep in Humans....Pages 503-511
Circadian Rhythms of Biogenic Amines in Health, Stress, and Depression....Pages 512-517
Changes in Volume- and Pressure-Regulating Hormone Systems During Nasal CPAP Therapy in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome....Pages 518-531
Front Matter....Pages 501-501
Nighttime and Daytime Water and Sodium Excretion in Patients with the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure....Pages 532-544
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
Health Risk of Insomnia....Pages 547-554
Sleep Quality and Health: Description of the Sleep Quality Index....Pages 555-558
From Sleep Disorders to Hypnotic Use: What Happens in the French Population....Pages 559-565
Prognostic Significance of EEG Sleep Changes in Late-Life Depression....Pages 566-573