Gender differences in the application of anthropometric measures for evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea

DN Polesel, KT Nozoe, SB Tufik, AG Bezerra… - Sleep …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
This study aims to investigate anthropometric measures and their effectiveness as screening
method for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in each gender. We also evaluated …

Waist-to-height ratio and waist circumference as the main measures to evaluate obstructive sleep apnea in the woman's reproductive life stages

DN Polesel, KT Nozoe, L Bittencourt, S Tufik… - Women & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a highly prevalent sleep disorder. In women, the frequency
of OSA increases substantially during and after the menopause, as does the prevalence of …

Renin Trajectories and Outcome in Stable Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) on Contemporary Therapy: A Monocentric Study from an Austrian …

E Han, S Prausmüller… - Journal of the Renin …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction. The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is the main target of neurohumoral therapy
in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) effectively reducing mortality …

Chronic kidney disease and slee** disordered breathing (SDB)

R Sávio Silva Santos, SS Motwani… - Current hypertension …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The outlines of the current manuscript are: 1. Re-establish the link between hypertension
and SDB including prevalence, mechanism, and reversal of process (ie improvement in …

Lack of sleep can jeopardize vaccine effectiveness

DN Polesel, KT Nozoe, S Tufik… - … journal of infection …, 2017 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lack of sleep can jeopardize vaccine effectiveness Lack of sleep can jeopardize vaccine
effectiveness Am J Infect Control. 2017 Jan 1;45(1):96-97. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2016.10.003. Epub …

Response to Lim et al regarding “In-flight transmission of measles: Time to update the guidelines?”

LN Lochlainn, WLM Ruijs, C Swaan… - American Journal of …, 2017 - ajicjournal.org
In their recent letter, Lim et al 1 describe the events that led to 2 large-scale public health
investigations involving 325 individuals, after presentation of 2 measles cases at an …

Response to the letter by Prof. Daniel Ninello Polesel “Obstructive sleep apnea as a potential confounding factor in atherosclerosis in the Asian population”

L Cao, B Cai, X Lian, G Xu - Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 2014 - jns-journal.com
We thank Polesel and colleagues [1] for their interest in our study [2]. Considering that some
sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are related to atherosclerosis, we …