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Apnea

Known as: APNEIC, breathing stop, pulmonary arrest 
A transient absence of spontaneous respiration.
National Institutes of Health

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2015
Review
2015
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and sleep disorders: no longer strangers in the night.
The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is continuously increasing in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
STOP questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea.
BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major risk factor for perioperative adverse events. However, no screening tool for… (More)
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death.
BACKGROUND Previous studies have suggested that the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome may be an important risk factor for stroke… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Cardiovascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea.
BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea subjects the failing heart to adverse hemodynamic and adrenergic loads and may thereby… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with insulin resistance.
Epidemiological studies have implicated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as an independent comorbid factor in cardiovascular and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Sleep apnea and daytime sleepiness and fatigue: relation to visceral obesity, insulin resistance, and hypercytokinemia.
Sleep apnea and associated daytime sleepiness and fatigue are common manifestations of mainly obese middle-aged men. The onset of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sleep apnea in 81 ambulatory male patients with stable heart failure. Types and their prevalences, consequences, and presentations.
BACKGROUND Heart failure is a highly prevalent disorder that continues to be associated with repeated hospitalizations, high… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
Estimation of the clinically diagnosed proportion of sleep apnea syndrome in middle-aged men and women.
The proportion of sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in the general adult population that goes undiagnosed was estimated from a sample of… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Sympathetic neural mechanisms in obstructive sleep apnea.
Blood pressure, heart rate, sympathetic nerve activity, and polysomnography were recorded during wakefulness and sleep in 10… (More)
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1988
Highly Cited
1988
Mortality and apnea index in obstructive sleep apnea. Experience in 385 male patients.
Although obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been studied in detail for over a decade, the mortality of this disorder is unclear… (More)
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