Vol 8, No 2 (February 01, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease [(dedicated to) the International Conference: Clinical Update Sleep 2016]

Preface

Clinical update sleep: year in review 2015–2016
Culadeeban Ratneswaran, Jameel Mushtaq, Joerg Steier
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Review Article

Otorhinolaryngological aspects of sleep-related breathing disorders
Jagdeep S. Virk, Bhik Kotecha
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Update on paediatric obstructive sleep apnoea
Eleonora Dehlink, Hui-Leng Tan
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnoea—the overlap syndrome
Walter T. McNicholas
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The sympathetic nervous system and catecholamines metabolism in obstructive sleep apnoea
Valeria Bisogni, Martino F. Pengo, Giuseppe Maiolino, Gian Paolo Rossi
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Update on clinical trials in home mechanical ventilation
Luke E. Hodgson, Patrick B. Murphy
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Original Article

Screening for sleep-disordered breathing in a bariatric population
Kate Reed, Martino F. Pengo, Joerg Steier
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In patients with minimally symptomatic OSA can baseline characteristics and early patterns of CPAP usage predict those who are likely to be longer-term users of CPAP?
Christopher D. Turnbull, Daniel J. Bratton, Sonya E. Craig, Malcolm Kohler, John R. Stradling
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The utility of a 5th nap in multiple sleep latency test
Rexford Muza, Dimosthenis Lykouras, Kate Rees
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Letter to the Editor

Sleep, obesity and physicians’ education
Culadeeban Ratneswaran, Murtaza Kadhum, Martino F. Pengo, Joerg Steier
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Clinical Update Sleep Abstracts

Factors limiting adherence to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
Alex S. W. Lowe, Masooma Shaukat, Rhiann O’Shaughnessy, Terence C. O’Shaughnessy, Vladimir M. Macavei
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Screening for sleep-disordered breathing in a bariatric population
Kate Reed, Martino F. Pengo, Joerg Steier
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Successful treatment of oropharyngeal obstructive sleep apnoea with tonsillectomy and limited uvulopalatopharyngoplasty using a pillar apposition and lateralisation technique
Gareth Lloyd, Simone Hadjisymeou, Elfy Chevretton, Guy Leschziner
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Optimising compliance with CPAP therapy for the treatment of OSA in tetraplegia patients: experience gained from the COSAQ research project at the NSIC
Susan V. Cross
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Arterial stiffness and heart rate variability analysis in patients with mild–moderate obstructive sleep apnoea, with and without excessive daytime sleepiness
Valeria Bisogni, Martino F. Pengo, Panagis Drakatos, Brian Kent, Joerg Steier, Gian Paolo Rossi
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Daytime sleepiness and academic performance among Arab medical students
Jamaan M. Al-Zahrani, Khaled K. Aldossari, Imad Abdulmajeed, Sameer H. Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah M. Al-Shamrani, Nawaf S. Al-Qahtani
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Slow wave and rapid eye movement sleep deprivation: differing impacts on memory consolidation?
Luke Solomons
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A case of cataplexy without narcolepsy
Shwe Zin Tun
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The use of actigraphy in clinical practice for the assessment of sleep disorders in Parkinson’s disease dementia
Luke Solomons, Apurba Chatterjee
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A study of migraine in Kleine-Levin syndrome
Harry Donnelly, Guy Leschziner
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Evaluation of the efficacy of a new insomnia service providing cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia
Louise Berger
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Disclosure:

The focused issue dedicated to the 2016 International Conference of Clinical Update Sleepwas commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Joerg Steier served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the focused issue.