Comparison of sleep position monitoring between NaTu sensor and video-validated polysomnography in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of a Bluetooth position monitor called NaTu sensor and its mobile phone application for detecting sleep position among patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) during polysomnography (PSG).

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on adults with suspected of having OSA who underwent PSG. Sleep positions were recorded simultaneously using a video-validated PSG position sensor and the NaTu sensor.

Quality of Life, Mental Health, and CPAP Compliance in Thai Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea during COVID-19 Pandemic.

Background: This study is aimed at determining the quality of life, mental health, and adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) among Thai OSA patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as this data has been lacking.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at a university hospital between September 2021 and April 2022. OSA patients aged 18 years or older who required home CPAP treatment were included.

Comparison between 20 and 30 meters in walkway length affecting the 6-minute walk test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A randomized crossover study.

Background: A 30-m walkway length for the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) is the standard recommendation established by the American Thoracic Society to assess patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to compare between the distances of 20 and 30 m long corridor affecting 6MWT in COPD patients.

Methods: A randomized crossover study was conducted with patients.

Prediction of optimal continuous positive airway pressure in Thai patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is simple and effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. However, the CPAP prediction equation in each country is different. This study aimed to predict CPAP in Thai patients with OSA.

Promoter hypermethylation of SOX11 correlates with adverse clinicopathological features of human prostate cancer.

Currently available tools for early diagnosis and prognosis of prostate cancer lack sufficient accuracy. There is a need to identify novel biomarkers for this common malignancy. SOX family genes play an important role in embryogenesis and are also implicated in various cancers.