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View article: Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Open
Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder, and in pregnancy, it is associated with an increased risk of complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia. Supine sleep may worsen OSA, and in …
View article: Rapid Proficiency in Femoral and Popliteal Nerve Identification Is Achievable After a Brief Educational Intervention
Rapid Proficiency in Femoral and Popliteal Nerve Identification Is Achievable After a Brief Educational Intervention Open
Introduction Ultrasound guidance for the delivery of regional anesthesia in the emergency department (ED) is an area of increasing interest. However, in order to perform a regional nerve block, one must first be able to correctly identify …
View article: MAPTree: Beating “Optimal” Decision Trees with Bayesian Decision Trees
MAPTree: Beating “Optimal” Decision Trees with Bayesian Decision Trees Open
Decision trees remain one of the most popular machine learning models today, largely due to their out-of-the-box performance and interpretability. In this work, we present a Bayesian approach to decision tree induction via maximum a poster…
View article: Harnessing the Power of Choices in Decision Tree Learning
Harnessing the Power of Choices in Decision Tree Learning Open
We propose a simple generalization of standard and empirically successful decision tree learning algorithms such as ID3, C4.5, and CART. These algorithms, which have been central to machine learning for decades, are greedy in nature: they …
View article: MAPTree: Beating "Optimal" Decision Trees with Bayesian Decision Trees
MAPTree: Beating "Optimal" Decision Trees with Bayesian Decision Trees Open
Decision trees remain one of the most popular machine learning models today, largely due to their out-of-the-box performance and interpretability. In this work, we present a Bayesian approach to decision tree induction via maximum a poster…
View article: Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Positional Therapy Compared to Control for Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on the Development of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy: Protocol for Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint) Open
BACKGROUND Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder, and in pregnancy, it is associated with an increased risk of complications, including gestational diabetes mellitus and preeclampsia. Supine sleep may worsen OSA, and in…
View article: Bayesian Decision Trees via Tractable Priors and Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars
Bayesian Decision Trees via Tractable Priors and Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars Open
Decision Trees are some of the most popular machine learning models today due to their out-of-the-box performance and interpretability. Often, Decision Trees models are constructed greedily in a top-down fashion via heuristic search criter…
View article: Measurement of snoring and stertor using the Sonomat to assess effectiveness of upper airway surgery in children
Measurement of snoring and stertor using the Sonomat to assess effectiveness of upper airway surgery in children Open
View article: Delivery outcomes as a result of snoring as determined by standard sleep surveys
Delivery outcomes as a result of snoring as determined by standard sleep surveys Open
Background Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), is an umbrella term that encompasses obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), central sleep apnea (CSA) and hypoventilation. is common but studies in the pregnant population are limited. Data suggests rel…
View article: Measurement of crackles during sleep may have a role to play in titration of positive airway pressure (PAP) modalities in heart failure
Measurement of crackles during sleep may have a role to play in titration of positive airway pressure (PAP) modalities in heart failure Open
View article: Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea as risk factors in SARS-Cov-2: can nasal CPAP during sleep reduce pneumonia risk?
Snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea as risk factors in SARS-Cov-2: can nasal CPAP during sleep reduce pneumonia risk? Open
View article: Survey identifies need for subspecialized pediatric hematology/oncology nursing education in nine Еurasian countries
Survey identifies need for subspecialized pediatric hematology/oncology nursing education in nine Еurasian countries Open
Background . In 2018, Eurasian Alliance in Pediatric Oncology (EurADO) members identified pediatric hematology/oncology nursing education as a regional priority. In most participating Eurasian countries, pediatric hematology/oncology nursi…
View article: Nasal mask average volume‐assured pressure support in an infant with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
Nasal mask average volume‐assured pressure support in an infant with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Open
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is a rare disorder characterized by alveolar hypoventilation and autonomic dysregulation secondary to mutations of the PHOX 2B genes. Treatment consists of assisted ventilation using posit…
View article: Snoring and stertor are associated with more sleep disturbance than apneas and hypopneas in pediatric SDB
Snoring and stertor are associated with more sleep disturbance than apneas and hypopneas in pediatric SDB Open
Runs of snoring and stertor occur much more frequently than obstructive apneas/hypopneas and are associated with a greater degree of sleep disruption. Children with and without OSA are frequently indistinguishable regarding the amount, fre…
View article: In search of a good fit: CPAP therapy mask selection for obstructive sleep apnoea
In search of a good fit: CPAP therapy mask selection for obstructive sleep apnoea Open
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View article: Adolescent Perinatal Outcomes in South West Sydney, Australia
Adolescent Perinatal Outcomes in South West Sydney, Australia Open
Adolescents have birth outcomes to similar to those of their older counterparts. Adolescents had lower booking blood pressures. This may have implications for the screening and diagnosis of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in adolescent…
View article: Continuous negative airway pressure “CNAP”: Novel nasal foreign body removal
Continuous negative airway pressure “CNAP”: Novel nasal foreign body removal Open
We report on a novel and innovative method used to extricate nasal foreign bodies in infants and young children– a common presentation in pediatric emergency care that can at times have potentially serious consequences. In the case o…
View article: Sleep disordered breathing controlled by CPAP and sFlt-1 in a pregnant patient with chronic hypertension: Case report and literature review
Sleep disordered breathing controlled by CPAP and sFlt-1 in a pregnant patient with chronic hypertension: Case report and literature review Open
Background There is recent interest exploring the possible impact of sleep disordered breathing on the mechanisms of preeclampsia. A biomarker of preeclampsia, soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1, has come to prominence in recent years. The…
View article: Long-term non-invasive ventilation therapies in children: A scoping review
Long-term non-invasive ventilation therapies in children: A scoping review Open
Long-term non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a common modality of breathing support used for a range of sleep and respiratory disorders. The aim of this scoping review was to provide a summary of the literature relevant to long-term NIV use…
View article: Validation of the Sonomat Against PSG and Quantitative Measurement of Partial Upper Airway Obstruction in Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Validation of the Sonomat Against PSG and Quantitative Measurement of Partial Upper Airway Obstruction in Children With Sleep-Disordered Breathing Open
The Sonomat accurately diagnoses SDB in children using current metrics. In addition, it permits quantification of partial airway obstruction that can be used to better describe pediatric SDB. Its non-contact design makes it ideal for use i…
View article: Positive airway pressure improves nocturnal beat-to-beat blood pressure surges in obesity hypoventilation syndrome with obstructive sleep apnea
Positive airway pressure improves nocturnal beat-to-beat blood pressure surges in obesity hypoventilation syndrome with obstructive sleep apnea Open
Positive airway pressure (PAP) treatment has been shown to have a modest effect on ambulatory blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, there is a paucity of data on the effect of PAP therapy on rapid, ye…
View article: Reactive Center Loop (RCL) Peptides Derived from Serpins Display Independent Coagulation and Immune Modulating Activities
Reactive Center Loop (RCL) Peptides Derived from Serpins Display Independent Coagulation and Immune Modulating Activities Open