Obstructive sleep apnea

The Occurrence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing among Middle-Aged Adults

1993 • 10,139 citations

REVERSAL OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA BY CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE APPLIED THROUGH THE NARES

1981 • 2,668 citations

Mortality and Apnea Index in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1988 • 1,527 citations

Objective Measurement of Patterns of Nasal CPAP Use by Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1993 • 1,306 citations

Surgical Correction of Anatomic Abnormalities in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

1981 • 1,206 citations

Cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disturbances during sleep in 400 patients with sleep apnea syndrome

1983 • 941 citations

Association of sleep apnoea with myocardial infarction in men

1990 • 922 citations

Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Community-Dwelling Elderly

1991 • 917 citations

A Cause of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

1993 • 900 citations

Waking genioglossal electromyogram in sleep apnea patients versus normal controls (a neuromuscular compensatory mechanism).

1992 • 744 citations

Predictors and prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea and snoring in 1001 middle aged men.

1991 • 645 citations

Sleep Apnea, Hypopnea and Oxygen Desaturation in Normal Subjects

1979 • 640 citations

Automobile Accidents Involving Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1988 • 605 citations

Sites and sizes of fat deposits around the pharynx in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and weight matched controls

1989 • 503 citations

A review of 50 children with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

1981 • 488 citations

The Sleep Hypopnea Syndrome

1988 • 487 citations

Weight Loss in Mildly to Moderately Obese Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1985 • 475 citations

Neck circumference and other clinical features in the diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome.

1992 • 470 citations

Some Epidemiological Data on Snoring and Cardiocirculatory Disturbances

1980 • 470 citations

Effect of Weight Loss on Upper Airway Collapsibility in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 468 citations

Undiagnosed Sleep Apnea in Patients with Essential Hypertension

1985 • 458 citations

Principles And Practice Of Sleep Medicine

1989 • 446 citations

The human tongue during sleep: Electromyographic activity of the genioglossus muscle

1976 • 441 citations

Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Associated Hypoxemia

1986 • 434 citations

The Influence of Increasing Ventilatory Effort on Arousal from Sleep

1990 • 400 citations

SNORING AND CEREBRAL INFARCTION

1985 • 369 citations

Prevalence of sleep apnea syndrome among Swedish men—an epidemiological study

1988 • 361 citations

Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy: effects of continuous positive airway pressure

1991 • 359 citations

Bradycardia during sleep apnea. Characteristics and mechanism.

1982 • 337 citations

HYPERTENSION, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, AND STROKE IN RELATION TO OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

1992 • 329 citations

Incidence of Sleep Apnea in a Presumably Healthy Working Population: A Significant Relationship with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness

1983 • 325 citations

Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: Patient Compliance, Perception of Benefits, and Side Effects

1992 • 319 citations

Neuropsychological Dysfunction in Sleep Apnea

1987 • 310 citations

Do Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Have Thick Necks?

1990 • 303 citations

Indications and Standards for Cardiopulmonary Sleep Studies

1989 • 292 citations

Long-term Compliance with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1990 • 285 citations

Mechanics of the respiratory system and breathing pattern during sleep in normal humans

1984 • 282 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treated by Independently Adjusted Inspiratory and Expiratory Positive Airway Pressures via Nasal Mask

1990 • 281 citations

Alcohol increases sleep apnea and oxygen desaturation in asymptomatic men

1981 • 276 citations

Obstructive apneas during sleep in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

1982 • 264 citations

Adult Criteria for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Do Not Identify Children with Serious Obstruction

1992 • 264 citations

Variable site of airway narrowing among obstructive sleep apnea patients

1986 • 252 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Induced by a Parapharyngeal Cystic Hygroma in an Infant

1985 • 252 citations

Left ventricular hypertrophy independent of hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea

1990 • 251 citations

Snoring (I)

1991 • 247 citations

Women and the Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1988 • 243 citations

Upper airway closing pressures in obstructive sleep apnea

1984 • 238 citations

Daytime Hypertension in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 231 citations

Protriptyline in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1982 • 230 citations

Reversal of Central Sleep Apnea Using Nasal CPAP

1986 • 217 citations

Effect of flurazepam on sleep-disordered breathing and nocturnal oxygen desaturation in asymptomatic subjects

1982 • 213 citations

Treatment of Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with a Dental Orthosis

1991 • 211 citations

CROSS-REACTION OF HUMAN SERUM-PROTEINS WITH HBsAg

1974 • 210 citations

Measurement of Sleep-related Breathing Disturbances in Epidemiologic Studies

1991 • 209 citations

Influence of sleep on tensor palatini EMG and upper airway resistance in normal men

1991 • 208 citations

Localization of Upper Airway Collapse during Sleep in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1990 • 207 citations

Driving Simulator Performance in Patients with Sleep Apnea

1989 • 203 citations

Respiratory function in the morbidly obese before and after weight loss.

1989 • 202 citations

Sleep Apnea Syndrome

1984 • 199 citations

Long-term Acceptance of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 191 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Hypothyroidism

1984 • 190 citations

Evaluation of the Upper Airway in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 189 citations

Increased Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea After Bedtime Alcohol Ingestion: Diagnostic Potential and Proposed Mechanism of Action

1982 • 179 citations

Recovery of Alertness After CPAP in Apnea

1989 • 179 citations

Inferior Sagittal Osteotomy of the Mandible with Hyoid Myotomy‐Suspension: A New Procedure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1986 • 177 citations

Pharyngeal Size and Shape During Wakefulness and Sleep in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

1989 • 172 citations

Site of Pharyngeal Narrowing Predicts Outcome of Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1993 • 172 citations

Total airway resistance and respiratory muscle activity during sleep

1983 • 164 citations

Palate and Hypopharynx—Sites of Inspiratory Narrowing of the Upper Airway during Sleep

1988 • 159 citations

Reduced stroke volume related to pleural pressure in obstructive sleep apnea

1983 • 158 citations

Snoring as a risk factor for sleep-related brain infarction.

1989 • 143 citations

Effects of Surgical Correction of Nasal Obstruction in the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1992 • 142 citations

IS SNORING A CAUSE OF VASCULAR DISEASE?

1989 • 140 citations

Improvement in Upper Airway Function after Weight Loss in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1988 • 139 citations

The Pharmacology of Benzodiazepines

1991 • 138 citations

Maxillofacial Surgery and Nasal CPAP

1990 • 138 citations

Changes in Breathing and the Pharynx after Weight Loss in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1987 • 138 citations

Sleep Apnea and Body Position during Sleep

1988 • 136 citations

The Effects of Protriptyline in Sleep-Disordered Breathing^1,2

1983 • 135 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Body Weight

1984 • 135 citations

Sleep apnoea in acromegaly.

1980 • 134 citations

Myxedema and obstructive sleep apnea

1981 • 132 citations

Stroke volume and cardiac output decrease at termination of obstructive apneas

1992 • 131 citations

Severe obstructive sleep apnea—I: Onset, clinical course, and characteristics

1985 • 131 citations

Sleep Apnea Syndrome in the Morbidly Obese as an Indication for Weight Reduction Surgery

1984 • 127 citations

Collapsibility of the human upper airway during normal sleep

1989 • 126 citations

Progesterone administration and progressive sleep apneas

1981 • 125 citations

Progesterone Therapy in Obese Patients With Sleep Apnea

1979 • 122 citations

Site of upper airway obstruction in patients with idiopathic obstructive sleep apnea

1988 • 120 citations

Staging of heavy snorers' disease. A proposal.

1983 • 118 citations

Nocturnal hypoxia and Neuropsychological variables

1986 • 117 citations

The Effects of Sleep Posture and Sleep Stage on Apnea Frequency

1991 • 117 citations

Sleep and the ventilatory response to resistive loading in normal men

1988 • 116 citations

Determination of obstructive site in obstructive sleep apnea

1987 • 108 citations

Cine CT in obstructive sleep apnea

1987 • 108 citations

Comparisons of Home Sleep Recordings and Polysomnograms in Older Adults with Sleep Disorders

1981 • 106 citations

Ventilatory adaptations to resistive loading during wakefulness and non-REM sleep

1982 • 101 citations

Breathing During Sleep in Normal Subjects

1985 • 100 citations

THE ROLE OF UPPER AIRWAY ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA

1992 • 87 citations

Geniohyoid muscle activity in normal men during wakefulness and sleep

1990 • 86 citations

TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP-APNEA WITH NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE

1983 • 86 citations

Nasal Surgery in the Management of Sleep Apnea

1985 • 86 citations

The effect of diazepam on genioglossal muscle activity in normal human subjects.

1985 • 86 citations

Verification of Sleep Apnea Using a Portable Sleep Apnea Screening Device

1990 • 85 citations

Effects of Medroxyprogesterone Acetate in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1986 • 84 citations

Inferior Sagittal Osteotomy of the Mandible with Hyoid Myotomy‐Suspension: A New Procedure for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1986 • 84 citations

The effects of oxygen in patients with sleep apnea.

1984 • 82 citations

DRIVING PERFORMANCE AND AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP APNEA

1992 • 81 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity

1990 • 80 citations

Moderate alcohol ingestion increases upper airway resistance in normal subjects.

1985 • 80 citations

Inspiratory muscle activity as a trigger causing the airways to open in obstructive sleep apnea.

1987 • 80 citations

SLEEP APNOEA AND DAYTIME SLEEPINESS IN ACROMEGALY: RELATIONSHIP TO ENDOCRINOLOGICAL FACTORS

1987 • 77 citations

Long-time Follow-up after UPPP for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome: Results of Sleep Apnea Recordings and Subjective Evaluation 6 Months and 2 Years after Surgery

1991 • 77 citations

Single Night Studies in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 74 citations

Sleep apnea in acromegaly

1980 • 72 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Premenopausal Women

1987 • 72 citations

Clinical Physiology of Sleep

1988 • 68 citations

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1990 • 66 citations

Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1991 • 64 citations

Sleep Apnea in Infancy and Childhood

1985 • 56 citations

Role of Nocturnal Oxygen Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

1990 • 55 citations

Hypersomnia Caused by Upper Airway Obstructions; A New Syndrome in Otolaryngology

1974 • 55 citations

The Effect of Triazolam on the Arousal Response to Airway Occlusion during Sleep in Normal Subjects

1992 • 53 citations

Gastroplasty for Respiratory Insufficiency of Obesity

1981 • 45 citations

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome or Abnormal Upper Airway Resistance During Sleep?

1990 • 43 citations

Significance and treatment of nonapneic snoring.

1993 • 28 citations

Case Report: Relief of Sleep Apnea in Acromegaly by Bromocriptine

1988 • 17 citations

Significance and Treatment of Nonapneic Snoring

1993 • 17 citations

The role of protriptyline in obstructive sleep apnea.

1983 • 17 citations

Sleep-Dependent Changes in Upper Airway Muscle Function

1988 • 12 citations

Sleep and resistive loading influences on human upper airway collapsibility.

1990 • 6 citations

Pathogenesis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Role of the Pharynx

1988 • 5 citations