“Everyone here is so successful! They are so smart and accomplished. I do not belong in
this group. I wonder if I got invited by mistake.” Many may have had similar thoughts to this at …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder that has been associated with many
cardiovascular disease processes, including hypertension and arrhythmias. OSA has also …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common form of sleep-disordered breathing that occurs
due to recurrent collapse of the upper airway with inspiration. Large epidemiologic studies …

Introduction Many patients presenting with acute gastrointestinal hemorrhage (GIH) are
admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for monitoring. A simple triage protocol based upon …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common, identifiable, and treatable disorder with
serious health, safety, and financial implications—including sleepiness- related crashes and …

OBJECTIVE: To examine physician practice in, and the costs of, prescribing inhaled
bronchodilators to mechanically ventilated patients who do not have obstructive lung disease. …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may lead to serious health, safety, and financial implications—including
sleepiness-related crashes and incidents—in workers who perform safety-…

Discussion PSG (scored using the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommended
criteria) revealed poor sleep efficiency of 45% with a total of 80 central apneas and 17 …

INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and Wegener's granulomatosis are
both rare diseases. To our knowledge these have not been described in the same patient. …

INTRODUCTION—Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices are primarily used to treat sleep
disordered breathing including obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Adherence and efficacy of …