Publications by authors named "F Segarra"
The present study proposes a classification model for the differential diagnosis of primary insomnia (PI) and delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD), applying machine learning methods to circadian parameters obtained from ambulatory circadian monitoring (ACM). Nineteen healthy controls and 242 patients (PI = 184; DSPD = 58) were selected for a retrospective and non-interventional study from an anonymized Circadian Health Database (https://kronowizard.um.
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- An integrated variable called TAP combines wrist temperature, motor activity, and body position to assess circadian system functioning and sleep-wake rhythms in real-life settings.
- The reliability of TAP was tested against polysomnography (PSG) in 22 subjects with sleep disorders, showing high sensitivity (92%), specificity (78%), and agreement rates (86%), outperforming traditional actigraphy.
- TAP provides comparable estimates for sleep measures like sleep latency and total sleep time to PSG, making it a promising, cost-effective tool for monitoring sleep-wake patterns in a person's normal home environment.
Introduction: Adenotonsillectomy is an effective treatment for sleep-disordered breathing in children, but its ability to resolve neurocognitive issues, is not clear.
Objective: To analyze the outcomes of cognitive and behavioral disorders after one year of adenotonsillectomy.
Method: We studied the behavioral and cognitive abnormalities in 45 children with obstructive sleep apnea and 30 healthy controls, aged 3 to 13 years.
Introduction: Although polysomnography is the gold standard test for sleep-disordered breathing in children, there is controversy about its indication in all cases. Among the arguments both for and against is the lack of correlation between objective values and the symptoms.
Objective: To evaluate the correlation between clinical data and apnea-hypopnoea index (AHI) in our work environment.
Proton-pump inhibitors in sleep-related breathing disorders: clinical response and predictive factors.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol
October 2011
Background And Aim: Gastroesophageal reflux is frequently associated with sleep-related breathing disorders. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of acid reflux in patients with sleep-related breathing disorders, their clinical response to proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) treatment, and to identify predictive response factors to this treatment.
Methods: Prospective study among patients attending a sleep clinic.