Publications by authors named "Fukumi Inoue"
Objective: We conducted a prospective observational study to determine the relationship between adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and susceptibility to the common cold in moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients.
Methods: We prospectively investigated the number of days with common cold symptoms from November 2019 to February 2020. The rate of CPAP use for 4 h/night in the preceding four months (July to October 2019) was used as a measure of CPAP adherence.
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how various factors like apnea, age, BMI, and smoking affect the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), focusing on differences between genders.
- Full polysomnography examinations were conducted on 260 OSA patients to assess PNS function through the analysis of heart rate intervals (RRIs) during different sleep stages, revealing how stable or unstable the PNS function was based on specific criteria.
- Results show that apneas disrupted PNS function, particularly in males, while aging and higher BMI generally inhibited PNS cardiac modulation, with notable gender-specific effects related to obesity.