The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is continuously increasing in patients
with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and, for the first time, the recent IPF guidelines …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common type of interstitial pneumonia but
remains a disease with a poor outcome. Two drugs, pirfenidone and nintedanib, have shown …

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common medical condition, associated with
atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). The underlying pathophysiologic …

Background and aim The frequency of obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)
in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) remains controversial. The aim of this …

… Charalampos Mermigkis & Georgios Varouchakis … Correspondence to Charalampos
Mermigkis. … Charalampos Mermigkis and Izolde Bouloukaki made equal contributions to this work. …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and usually fatal lung disease of unknown
etiology. The aim of this study was to describe clinical and polysomnographic features of sleep-…

We aimed to compare the effect of intensive versus standard interventions on continuous
positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence 2 years after CPAP initiation, as well as on …

Systemic inflammation is important in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pathophysiology and
its comorbidity. We aimed to assess the levels of inflammatory biomarkers in a large sample …

Background The aim of our study was to validate a Greek translation of the Berlin
Questionnaire (BQ) for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and to explore whether this …

BACKGROUND: Little is known about sleep quality in patients with acute coronary syndromes
(ACS) admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU). The aim of this study was to assess …