Rare Cause of Hip Pain: Transient Osteoporosis of the Hip-Two Case Reports by Senem Şaş, Fatmanur Aybala Koçak, Emine Eda Kurt, Hatice Rana Erdem, Figen Tuncay

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PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF DYNAMIC THIOL-DISULFIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN PREDICTING HOSPITAL MORTALITY IN HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE by Bilal İlanbey, Duygu Zorlu, Hacı Mehmet Çalışkan, Zamir Kemal Ertürk, Burak Çelik, Süleyman Ersoy, Kenan Güçlü

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Changes of Serum Adiponectin Level in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome and Its Relationship with Sleep Monitoring Indexes by Ji Li, Kejing Zhou, Xing Chen

“…The data of subjects who underwent PSG at the hospital between January 2021 and December 2022 were collected retrospectively and divided into simple snoring group (AHI < 5 times/h, n = 45), mild OSAHS group (5 ≤ AHI < 15 times/h, n = 63), moderate OSAHS group (15 ≤ AHI ≤ 30 times/h, n = 52), and severe OSAHS group (AHI > 30 times/h, n = 60). …”
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Predicting the night-to-night variability in the severity of obstructive sleep apnea: the case of the standard error of measurement by Eduardo Anitua, Joaquin Duran-Cantolla, Gabriela Zamora Almeida, Mohammad Hamdan Alkhraisat

“…Study objectives: Night-to-night variability in the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) may affect the accuracy of the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and treatment selection. …”
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Relationship between clinical history and physical examination findings and apnea hypopnea index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by İstemihan Akın, Mustafa Sağıt, Nergis Salman, İbrahim Hikmet Fırat

“…Then patients underwent overnight polysomnography. The AHI is used to classify the severity of sleep apnea into the following categories: Group 1; an AHI of 0 to 5 indicates that simple snoring, Group 2; an AHI of 5-15 is considered mild sleep apnea, Group 3: an AHI of 15-30 is moderate sleep apnea, Group 4: an AH‹ of >30 is severe sleep apnea. …”
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Effect of Weight Loss on the Apnea Hypopnea Index is Related to Waist Circumference in Chinese Adults with Overweight and Obesity by Ren Y, Cui X, Zhu X, Guo H, Zhou Q, Yuan P, Cheng H, Wu W

“…Multivariate linear regression models were used to identify the most accurate parameters to predict AHI and the mediation analysis to evaluate the mediators between weight loss and AHI reduction.Results: Waist circumference (WC), body mass index and fat mass were positively associated with AHI after adjusting multiple collinearities in the cross-sectional study. …”
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An Important Cause of Tetraplegia: Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy by Figen Tuncay, Fatmanur Aybala Koçak, Zeynep Karakuzu Güngör, Hatice Rana Erdem

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Mean platelet volume is associated with disease severity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome by Selahattin Akyol, Mustafa Çörtük, Ahmet Oytun Baykan, Kemal Kiraz, Abdurrezzak Börekçi, Taner Şeker, Mustafa Gür, Murat Çayli

“…The patients were divided into 3 groups according to the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI): (1) AHIlow group: 5≤AHI<15, (2) AHImid group: 15<AHI≤30, and (3) AHIhigh group: AHI>30. …”
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Nebulization with alkaline hipertonic ibuprofen induces a rapid increase in platelets circulating in COVID-19 patients but not in healthy subjects by Oscar Salva, Roxana Alasino, Celia Giller, Julieta Borello, Alexis Doresky, Galia Karayan, Dante Beltramo

“…We analyze changes in circulating platelets in COVID-19 positive patients who received conventional treatment Dexamethasone and Enoxaparin (Dexa-Enoxa) compared to patients treated with conventional therapy plus nebulization with alkaline hypertonic ibuprofenate (AHI). Results show that after 24 h of nebulization with AHI, circulating platelets shows an increase about 40% at 24 h and reach 65% at 96 h. …”
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Contribution of pulse oximetry in relation to respiratory flow events in a home-based approach aimed at diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea by Eduardo Enrique Borsini, Magali Blanco, Glenda Ernst, Alejandro Salvado, Ignacio Bledel, Carlos Alberto Nigro

“…Age, BMI, Epworth sleepiness scale and AHI were: 55 years (44-65), 30.9kg/m2 (27-36), 7 points (4-11), and 14 events/hour (6-25), respectively. 18% showed an AHI <5 events/hour, 34% = 5 and <15, 27% = or > 15 and < 30, and 31% > 30. …”
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A retrospective study: does upper airway morphology differ between non-positional and positional obstructive sleep apnea? by Xiao Jiao, Jianyin Zou, Suru Liu, Jian Guan, Hongliang Yi, Shankai Yin

“…Results Significant (p < 0.05) differences between the two groups were found in the apnea/hypopnea index (AHI), lateral-AHI (L-AHI), soft palate length (SPL), cross-sectional palatopharyngeal area, and the coronal diameter (CD) of the palatopharyngeal area at the narrowest part of the glossopharynx, which were all higher in POSA, except for SPL, AHI, and L-AHI. …”
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The Automatic Algorithm of the Auto-CPAP Device as a Tool for the Assessment of the Treatment Efficacy of CPAP in Patients with Moderate and Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome by Beata Brajer-Luftmann, Tomasz Trafas, Marcin Mardas, Marta Stelmach-Mardas, Halina Batura-Gabryel, Tomasz Piorunek

“…The mean residual AHI was 8.6 ± 4.8; there was no significant difference between the AHI CPAP, and the AHI polygraph values were assessed with an accuracy of 3.94/h. …”
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Utilization of the GOAL questionnaire as a standardized screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea by Yanqing Xing, Zhenxia Zhang, Jiansheng Yin, Yi Liu, Ziwei Shuai, Zhihong Liu, Xinrui Tian, Shouan Ren

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted in 436 patients who had undergone nocturnal polysomnography in the sleep unit of the First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University between September 2021 and May 2022, and all patients completed the four questionnaires (GOAL questionnaire, STOP-Bang questionnaire, NoSAS score and No-Apnea score) truthfully, and the patients were divided into 3 groups: AHI ≥ 5 events/h group, AHI ≥ 15 events/h group and AHI ≥ 30 events/h group. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor of Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic Adults by Monika Michalek-Zrabkowska, Piotr Macek, Helena Martynowicz, Pawel Gac, Grzegorz Mazur, Magda Grzeda, Rafal Poreba

“…Significantly higher fasting insulin concentration and HOMA-IR index were found in the group with AHI ≥ 15 compared to the group with AHI < 15 and in the group with AHI ≥ 30 compared to the group with AHI < 30. …”
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Efficacy of Rapid Maxillary Expansion with or without Previous Adenotonsillectomy for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Based on Polysomnographic Data: A Systematic Review... by Vincenzo Quinzi, Sabina Saccomanno, Rebecca Jewel Manenti, Silvia Giancaspro, Licia Coceani Paskay, Giuseppe Marzo

“…A meta-analysis was performed to compare AHI values before and after the treatment with RME. …”
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Association of arch height with ankle muscle strength and physical performance in adult men by X Zhao, T Tsujimoto, B Kim, K Tanaka

“…Compared to the medium AHI, the high AHI had lower plantarflexion and inversion peak torque. …”
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The effect of spa treatment on pain, sleep and quality of life in patients with diabetic neuropathic pain by Fatmanur Aybala Koçak, Emine Eda Kurt, Yusuf Koçak, Senem Şaş, Figen Tuncay, Hatice Rana Erdem

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REM-Predominant Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease by Baran Balcan, Yeliz Celik, Jennifer Newitt, Patrick J. Strollo, Yüksel Peker

“…REM-predominant OSA was defined as a REM-apnea-hypopnea-index (AHI) /non-REM (NREM) AHI ≥ 2. In all, 73 (25.5%) had REM-predominant OSA. …”
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Erythroferrone and hepcidin levels in children with iron deficiency anemia by Ramazan Dulkadir, Gamze Turna Saltoğlu, Ali Güneş

“…Methods This is a case-control study conducted at Kırşehir Ahi Evran University Training and Research Hospital Pediatrics Clinic between 1 and 31 September 2020. …”
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Alterations in heart rate variability in patients with peripheral arterial disease requiring surgical revascularization have limited association with postoperative major adverse ca... by Karri T Utriainen, Juhani K Airaksinen, Olli J Polo, Harry Scheinin, Ruut M Laitio, Kari A Leino, Tero J Vahlberg, Tom A Kuusela, Timo T Laitio

“…Compared to controls, fractal correlation of HRV (scaling exponent alpha 1 measured with DFA) was weaker during S2 and evening wakefulness in all subgroups (+/-AHI≥20/hour, +/-MACCE) but only in patients with AHI≥20/hour during morning wakefulness. …”
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