Background This section of the guidelines is intended to provide an evidence-based approach
to the preoperative physiologic assessment of a patient being considered for surgical …

Background Despite Food and Drug Administration approval of 2 new drugs for idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), curative therapies remain elusive and mortality remains high. …

Study Objectives: To compare health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) across subgroups
defined by sleep disturbances and ethnicity. Methods: Men (47%) and women (53%) Sleep …

Study objectives: Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often present with
dyspnea and severe functional limitations, but their health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has …

Anthrax, a disease of great historical interest, is once again making headlines as an agent
of biological warfare. Bacillus anthracis, a rod-shaped, spore-forming bacterium, primarily …

BACKGROUND: The endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff-leak test (CLT) has been proposed as a
relatively simple, noninvasive method for detecting the presence of laryngeal edema prior to …

Sepsis is a common cause of morbidity and death in critically ill patients, and blood culture
samples are often drawn in an effort to identify a responsible pathogen. Blood culture results …

ARTICLE SUMMARY Question: Is the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with
mandibular advancement device (MAD) similar in health outcomes to continuous positive airway …

Study Objectives: Studies of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) adherence in multi-ethnic
samples are lacking. This study explores previously described factors associated …

Rationale: Sleep disorders are prevalent in Parkinson’s disease but underreported in clinical
settings. The contribution of sleep disorders to health-related quality of life (HRQOL) for …