K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Increasing respiratory dead space improves sleep disordered breathing and hypoxemia in patients with chronic mountain sickness
E. Rexhaj, A. Lovis, P. Y. Jayet, S. Rimoldi, M. Villena, Y. Allemann, R. Heinzer, U. Scherrer, C. Sartori (Lausanne-CHUV, Bern, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia)
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Effect of dexamethasone prophylaxis on sleep and breathing disturbances in high altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) susceptible subjects after rapid ascent to 4559m
Y. Nussbaumer-Ochsner, J. Ursprung, C. Siebenmann, M. Maggiorini, K. Bloch (Switzerland)
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Metabolic effects of hypoxia and sleep at high altitude (5050 m)
G. Morici, A. Bonanno, A. Licciardi, G. Valli, C. Passino, D. Bonardi, V. Fasano, M. Agnesi, L. Bernardi, N. Locorotondo, P. Palange, A. Cogo, M. R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Rome, Pisa, Milan, Pavia, Ferrara, Italy)
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Endothelin-1 levels, respiratory drive and hypercapnic response in obese patients with or without obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
P. Carratù, V. Ventura, D. Lacedonia, S. Berardi, M. Tedone, R. Ria, S. Dongiovanni, I. Di Pierro, A. Vacca, O. Resta (Bari, Italy)
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Ventilatory chemoreflex and inter-individual variability in effect of temazepam on obstructive sleep apnea – A "proof of concept" study
D. Wang, B. Yee, K. Wong, N. Marshall, N. Noori, R. Grunstein (Glebe, Camperdown, Australia)
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Gender dependent changes of hypercapnic ventilatory response in young and elderly healthy subjects
H. F. Becker, A. Jerrentrup, B. Schulze Lohoff, S. G. McNamara (Hamburg, Germany; Sydney, Australia)
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Impaired hypercapnic ventilatory response in normocapnic patients with systemic sclerosis
M. Ninaber, E. van het Wout, M. Letsch, J. Stolk, K. Rabe (Netherlands)
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Respiratory drive in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
C. Santoriello, F. Polverino, V. Musella, D. Giannattasio, V. De Sio, G. Cicchitto, C. De Rosa, G. Fiorenzano, M. Polverino (Cava dei Tirreni, Palma de Mallorca, Italy)
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Alteration of sleep breathing control and difficult weaning from machanical ventilation and tracheostomy
F. Roccia, B. Campolo, G. Cuda (Catanzaro, Italy)
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Arterialised-venous blood as a surrogate measure of arterial pH and CO2 in patients with hypercapnic respiratory failure
C. Hollier, L. Maxwell, A. Harmer, C. Menadue, J. Alison, A. Piper (Sydney, Australia)
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Influence of neuromuscular mechanics on breathing in patients with multiple sclerosis – Preliminary report
M. Ograbek-Król, M. Tazbirek, W. Pierzchala, M. Maciejowski, S. Skoczynski (Katowice, Poland)
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Slow wave sleep in patients with respiratory failure
D. Wang, A. Piper, K. Wong, B. Yee, D. J. Dijk, R. Grunstein (Glebe, Camperdown, Australia; Guildford, United Kingdom)
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Use of sniff nasal inspiratory pressure (SNIP) to predict nocturnal respiratory insufficiency in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
P. Carratù, A. Cassano, F. Gadaleta, M. Tedone, S. Dongiovanni, D. Longo, V. A. Falcone, A. Palumbo, O. Resta (Bari, Italy)
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Predictors of hypercapnia in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
R. Plywaczewski, L. Jonczak, P. Bielen, B. Kazanecka, D. Gorecka, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Dynamic hyperinflation in men with obstructive sleep apnea – A pilot study
G. Pilkauskaite, K. Malakauskas, S. Miliauskas, R. Sakalauskas (Lithuania)
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Early onset of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with cystic fibrosis
L. Spicuzza, C. Sciuto, L. Tardino, M. La Rosa (Catania, Italy)
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Sleep disturbances in COPD patients
C. Janson, J. Theorell-Haglöw, I. S. Olafsdottir, B. Benediktsdóttir, T. Gislason, E. Lindberg (Uppsala, Sweden; Reykjavik, Iceland)
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Effects of simulated in-flight hypoxia in sleep-disordered breathing patients during wakefulness
C. Zammit, K. Spurling, I. Moonsie, H. Makker (London, United Kingdom)
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Detection of respiratory events during full polysomnography: A comparison of three methods using nasal pressure transducer, thermistor and both in conjunction
M. Varghese, M. Agnew, F. O Connell, P. Coss (Dublin, Ireland)
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