Study Objectives: Inadequate sleep and sleep disordered breathing (SDB) can impair learning
skills. Questionnaires used to evaluate sleepiness in adults are usually inadequate for …

A Phase I clinical trial was performed on patients with solid tumors refractory to conventional
therapy. Crotoxin was administered im for 30 consecutive days at doses ranging from 0.03 …

Introduction: Home single-channel nasal pressure (HNP) may be an alternative to
polysomnography (PSG) for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) diagnosis, but no cost studies have yet …

… small representation error while imposing an upper bound on the l 0 pseudo-norm, ie solve:
( … n L segments were chosen for each class, the final size of X trn * was 128 × 3n L where n L …

Detection of desaturations on the pulse oximetry signal is of great importance for the diagnosis
of sleep apneas. Using the counting of desaturations, an index can be built to help in the …

The obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea (OSAH) syndrome is a very common and generally
undiagnosed sleep disorder. It is caused by repeated events of partial or total obstruction of …

Introduction: Unlike other prevalent diseases, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has no simple
tool for diagnosis and therapeutic decision-making in primary healthcare. Home single-…

… The median FEV1 in COPD subjects was significantly lower (2.14 L versus 2.76 L; p<0.001).
Baseline characteristics and differences among patients with and without COPD are shown …

Background The main objective of this study was to describe the relationship between working
conditions, sleep and psycho-affective variables and medical errors. Methods This was …

Objective To evaluate the performance of clinical criteria (CC) for diagnosis and initiation of
empirical treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with …