FHMS Festival of Research 2008 Booklet
... This talk will be focussed on our more recent research on caliciviruses. Caliciviruses are responsible for many important human and animal diseases. For example, noroviruses are the main cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and outbreaks are a major public health problem. Norovirus infect ...
... This talk will be focussed on our more recent research on caliciviruses. Caliciviruses are responsible for many important human and animal diseases. For example, noroviruses are the main cause of nonbacterial gastroenteritis worldwide and outbreaks are a major public health problem. Norovirus infect ...
Oral Appliance Treatment for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Update
... number of trials which compare customized appliance designs for efficacy. However existing studies suggest different OAm designs are similarly effective in treating OSA. Two-piece appliances are thought to improve comfort and wearability as lateral movement and jaw opening is possible, however monob ...
... number of trials which compare customized appliance designs for efficacy. However existing studies suggest different OAm designs are similarly effective in treating OSA. Two-piece appliances are thought to improve comfort and wearability as lateral movement and jaw opening is possible, however monob ...
Molecular and anatomical signatures of sleep deprivation in the
... The identification of the genes and anatomical regions activated during sleep and responsive to SD could be important to defining the function of sleep in biochemical and molecular terms, as well as in understanding the mechanisms underlying sleep homeostasis. The goals of the current study were thr ...
... The identification of the genes and anatomical regions activated during sleep and responsive to SD could be important to defining the function of sleep in biochemical and molecular terms, as well as in understanding the mechanisms underlying sleep homeostasis. The goals of the current study were thr ...
Snoring: Tips to Help You and Your Partner Sleep Better
... back. After a while, sleeping on your side will become a habit and you can dispense with the tennis balls. Try an anti-snoring mouth appliance. These devices, which resemble an athlete’s mouth guard, help open your airway by bringing your lower jaw and/or your tongue forward during sleep. While a de ...
... back. After a while, sleeping on your side will become a habit and you can dispense with the tennis balls. Try an anti-snoring mouth appliance. These devices, which resemble an athlete’s mouth guard, help open your airway by bringing your lower jaw and/or your tongue forward during sleep. While a de ...
Program Requirements for GME in Sleep Medicine
... Residency and fellowship programs are essential dimensions of the transformation of the medical student to the independent practitioner along the continuum of medical education. They are physically, emotionally, and intellectually demanding, and require longitudinally-concentrated effort on the part ...
... Residency and fellowship programs are essential dimensions of the transformation of the medical student to the independent practitioner along the continuum of medical education. They are physically, emotionally, and intellectually demanding, and require longitudinally-concentrated effort on the part ...
Chapter 12 PowerPoint - Hillsborough Community College
... signals that brain function is impaired • Fainting or syncopy: brief loss of consciousness – Most often due to inadequate cerebral blood flow – Due to low blood pressure or ischemia from hemorrhage or sudden, severe emotional stress ...
... signals that brain function is impaired • Fainting or syncopy: brief loss of consciousness – Most often due to inadequate cerebral blood flow – Due to low blood pressure or ischemia from hemorrhage or sudden, severe emotional stress ...
How to Stop Snoring
... back. After a while, sleeping on your side will become a habit and you can dispense with the tennis balls. Try an anti-snoring mouth appliance. These devices, which resemble an athlete’s mouth guard, help open your airway by bringing your lower jaw and/or your tongue forward during sleep. While a de ...
... back. After a while, sleeping on your side will become a habit and you can dispense with the tennis balls. Try an anti-snoring mouth appliance. These devices, which resemble an athlete’s mouth guard, help open your airway by bringing your lower jaw and/or your tongue forward during sleep. While a de ...
Joint Hypermobility and Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
... often can do tricks like bending their thumbs forward until they touch their forearms. Sometimes these people are called “double-jointed,” and some may even have dislocated or popped their joints out of the socket. The medical term for joints that move too far is hypermobility, and the word for join ...
... often can do tricks like bending their thumbs forward until they touch their forearms. Sometimes these people are called “double-jointed,” and some may even have dislocated or popped their joints out of the socket. The medical term for joints that move too far is hypermobility, and the word for join ...
Diapositiva 1
... Mauro Manconi Center of Sleep Medicine, Scientific Institute of Research San Raffaele, Milan, Italy ...
... Mauro Manconi Center of Sleep Medicine, Scientific Institute of Research San Raffaele, Milan, Italy ...
Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health
... The prevalence of behavioural sleep problems, including bedtime resistance and sleep phase disturbances, is high. Moderate or severe sleep problems are reported in 17% of 1 year old children [18], and some form of sleep problem is present in 20% of 5 year olds and 6% of 11 year olds [19]. There is a ...
... The prevalence of behavioural sleep problems, including bedtime resistance and sleep phase disturbances, is high. Moderate or severe sleep problems are reported in 17% of 1 year old children [18], and some form of sleep problem is present in 20% of 5 year olds and 6% of 11 year olds [19]. There is a ...
Intracranial hypertension associated with obstructive sleep apnea: A
... CPAP use in OSA with IIH A related factor is the finding that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) may increase quinolinate in CSF [29]. As above, quinolinate may lead to brain edema. We do know that EMF exposures may act via activation of voltage-gated calcium channels, and that this activation c ...
... CPAP use in OSA with IIH A related factor is the finding that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) may increase quinolinate in CSF [29]. As above, quinolinate may lead to brain edema. We do know that EMF exposures may act via activation of voltage-gated calcium channels, and that this activation c ...
as a PDF
... appears in table E-1 (available on the Neurology Web site at www.neurology.org). This method has been used by researchers in several different countries and has shown good reliability, intraindividual consistency over time, and correlation with individual, sex, and cultural differences.8 The method ...
... appears in table E-1 (available on the Neurology Web site at www.neurology.org). This method has been used by researchers in several different countries and has shown good reliability, intraindividual consistency over time, and correlation with individual, sex, and cultural differences.8 The method ...
PDF - Korean Journal of Ophthalmology
... CSC and who underwent history taking with a specialized questionnaire for CSC. They were matched for age and gender at a ratio of 1 : 3 to 339 normal controls. Normal controls were consecutively selected from a database at the Health Promotion Center. General characteristics and medical histories we ...
... CSC and who underwent history taking with a specialized questionnaire for CSC. They were matched for age and gender at a ratio of 1 : 3 to 339 normal controls. Normal controls were consecutively selected from a database at the Health Promotion Center. General characteristics and medical histories we ...
Block 3 * Respiratory - Sydney University Medical Society
... Convection will transport air through the major airways (as well as through the Arterial Blood to the tissues), whilst diffusion transports air through the smaller airways and across the Alveolar / Capillary Membrane (as well as across the Artery to the Tissues / Mitochondria) o The transport of o ...
... Convection will transport air through the major airways (as well as through the Arterial Blood to the tissues), whilst diffusion transports air through the smaller airways and across the Alveolar / Capillary Membrane (as well as across the Artery to the Tissues / Mitochondria) o The transport of o ...
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnostic Testing
... have included sleep tests with diverse sensor types and scored respiratory events using different definitions. The third edition of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICS D-3) defines OSA as a PSG-determined obstructive respiratory disturbanc e index (RDI) >5 events per hour associ ...
... have included sleep tests with diverse sensor types and scored respiratory events using different definitions. The third edition of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICS D-3) defines OSA as a PSG-determined obstructive respiratory disturbanc e index (RDI) >5 events per hour associ ...
Asthma and Co-Morbid Conditions
... Herpes Zoster • Reactivation of Varicella Zoster leads to significant morbidity in aging adults, and patients on high dose inhalational or oral steroids (<20mg/day prednisone) may be at higher risk. • Zostavax has been shown to reduce the incidence of herpes zoster reactivation by 51.3% and post-he ...
... Herpes Zoster • Reactivation of Varicella Zoster leads to significant morbidity in aging adults, and patients on high dose inhalational or oral steroids (<20mg/day prednisone) may be at higher risk. • Zostavax has been shown to reduce the incidence of herpes zoster reactivation by 51.3% and post-he ...
The Roth-Williams Approach to Diagnosis
... Yousefian and Moghadam used in some pediatric studies that assessed snoring with a polysomnographic apneahypopnea index (AHI) < 1.20 Primary snoring in children was investigated in two other studies with follow-up evaluations of one to three years.24,25 Snoring was resolved in 50% and 20% of the ch ...
... Yousefian and Moghadam used in some pediatric studies that assessed snoring with a polysomnographic apneahypopnea index (AHI) < 1.20 Primary snoring in children was investigated in two other studies with follow-up evaluations of one to three years.24,25 Snoring was resolved in 50% and 20% of the ch ...
Neural mechanism of rapid eye movement sleep generation
... movements during this unique phase of sleep while Dement3 used the term “active sleep” to define the same state because the EEG pattern resembled that of an active awake state. Rapid eye movements, low voltage fast waves in the EEG and increased respiration as well as heart rate indicate a behaviour ...
... movements during this unique phase of sleep while Dement3 used the term “active sleep” to define the same state because the EEG pattern resembled that of an active awake state. Rapid eye movements, low voltage fast waves in the EEG and increased respiration as well as heart rate indicate a behaviour ...
Nonsurgical Minimally Invasive Er:YAG Laser Snoring Treatment
... heavy sweating. Several studies confirmed that the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome significantly increases the risk of stroke or death from any cause, and that the increase is independent of other risk factors, including hypertension [8-12]. Many patients suffering from snoring and sleep apnea expe ...
... heavy sweating. Several studies confirmed that the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome significantly increases the risk of stroke or death from any cause, and that the increase is independent of other risk factors, including hypertension [8-12]. Many patients suffering from snoring and sleep apnea expe ...
Spin Spring 2014 - Spinal Cord Injury BC
... Sidewinder Conversions and SCI-BC would like to congratulate Ken and John Labron for their induction into the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association Hall of Fame. The Labron family has been helping people with mobility issues for 45 years and John continues to do so at Sidewinder. For ...
... Sidewinder Conversions and SCI-BC would like to congratulate Ken and John Labron for their induction into the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association Hall of Fame. The Labron family has been helping people with mobility issues for 45 years and John continues to do so at Sidewinder. For ...
Health belief model predicts adherence to CPAP before experience with CPAP
... subjective experience of this treatment, including their propensity to report subjective benefits and side-effects (or barriers) of CPAP use, may be influenced greatly by these early belief systems. This could explain why objective adherence early in the treatment process is among the strongest pred ...
... subjective experience of this treatment, including their propensity to report subjective benefits and side-effects (or barriers) of CPAP use, may be influenced greatly by these early belief systems. This could explain why objective adherence early in the treatment process is among the strongest pred ...
Chapter_30
... number of hypopneas. Improved sleep occurs with obliteration of breathing related EEG arousals and microarousals. Patient compliance is key to CPAP success (80%). ...
... number of hypopneas. Improved sleep occurs with obliteration of breathing related EEG arousals and microarousals. Patient compliance is key to CPAP success (80%). ...
Standards for Accreditation of Dental Sleep Medicine Facilities
... a. is responsible for the direct or indirect and ongoing oversight of patient evaluation, treatment, and follow-up care; b. is responsible for proper handling, storage, maintenance, and ongoing assessment of oral appliances; c. is responsible for the qualifications of all dentists and auxiliary pers ...
... a. is responsible for the direct or indirect and ongoing oversight of patient evaluation, treatment, and follow-up care; b. is responsible for proper handling, storage, maintenance, and ongoing assessment of oral appliances; c. is responsible for the qualifications of all dentists and auxiliary pers ...
Policy: Anti-Viral Protocol in Post-Liver Transplantation (HSV, VZV
... 3. Policy Statement: The Emory Transplant Center will comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies regarding the management of prescribing medications and refills. 4. Basis: This policy is necessary for the protection of patients, physicians and staff 5. Adminis ...
... 3. Policy Statement: The Emory Transplant Center will comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies regarding the management of prescribing medications and refills. 4. Basis: This policy is necessary for the protection of patients, physicians and staff 5. Adminis ...
- White Rose eTheses Online
... correlates with the amount of body fat in most people. A BMI of more than 25 kg/m2 is classified as overweight, a BMI>30kg/ m2 is diagnostic of obesity and a BMI >40kg/ m2 indicates extreme obesity. The World Health Organization reported that there were more than 1 billion overweight adults globally ...
... correlates with the amount of body fat in most people. A BMI of more than 25 kg/m2 is classified as overweight, a BMI>30kg/ m2 is diagnostic of obesity and a BMI >40kg/ m2 indicates extreme obesity. The World Health Organization reported that there were more than 1 billion overweight adults globally ...