McDonald, Christine F;
Serginson, John;
AlShareef, Saad;
Buchan, Catherine;
Davies, Huw;
Miller, Belinda R;
Munsif, Maitri;
Smallwood, Natasha;
Troy, Lauren;
Khor, Yet Hong.
This Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Guideline on the provision of home oxygen therapy in adults updates a previous Guideline from 2015. The Guideline is based upon a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature to September 2022 and the strength of recommendations is based on GRADE me...
Clímaco, Danielle Cristina Silva;
Lustosa, Thais C;
Silva, Marcus Vinícius de França Pereira;
Lins-Filho, Ozeas L;
Rodrigues, Valesca Kehrle;
Oliveira-Neto, Luiz de Albuquerque P de;
Feitosa, Audes Diógenes Magalhães;
Queiroga Jr, Fernando José Pinho;
Cabral, Marília Montenegro;
Pedrosa, Rodrigo P.
To evaluate clinical predictors of poor sleep quality in COPD patients with and without obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Methods: Consecutive stable patients with COPD were evaluated for OSA by means of overnight polysomnography; for sleep quality by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); and...
Criteria for selection of appropriate candidates for bariatric surgery have been established to minimize surgical complications and to maximize the benefit of these important and limited procedures.
The preoperative workup should evaluate a patient’s medical, nutritional, mental and functional health...
Description: In September 2019, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) approved a new joint clinical practice guideline for assessing and managing patients with chronic insomnia disorder and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). This guideline is intended to give h...
INTRODUCTION: This guideline establishes clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults and is intended for use in conjunction with other American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in a...
DESCRIPTION: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. METHODS: This guideline is based on published literature on this topic that was identified by using MEDLINE (1...
