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Clinical Feasibility of an Auto-Adjusting Bi-Level PAP Device for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Altıntaş, Nejat; Oktay, Burcu; Fırat, Hikmet; Strollo, Patrick (Galenos Yayincilik, 2014)Introduction: Bi-Level positive airway pressure (BPAP) is an effective alternative to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who could not tolerate CPAP. An automatically ... -
Sleep Apnea in a Sample of Patients with Treatment Resistant Depression Referred for Electroconvulsive Therapy
Fitgerald, Caris T.; Hiett, Erica; Buysee, Daniel J.; Altıntaş, Nejat; Aikman, Grace; Fırat, Hikmet (Galenos Yayincilik, 2015)Objective: Symptoms of sleep apnea (SA) often overlap with symptoms of depression. Without extensive exploration of a patient's history it is possible that SA could complicate depression leading to treatment resistant ... -
The utility of neck/thyromental ratio in defining low-risk patients with obstructive sleep apnea in sleep clinics
Yüceege, Melike; Fırat, Hikmet; Altıntaş, Nejat; Mutlu, Murad; Ardıç, Sadık (Springer, 2014)We aimed to evaluate the importance of neck/thyromental distance in the diagnosis of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in sleep clinics. 185 patients (122 males, 63 females) referred to our sleep clinic with ...