Publications by authors named "J Frija"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to explore the relationship between snoring, daytime sleepiness, and the risk of developing hypertension among normotensive individuals aged 18 to 69 in France.* -
- Out of nearly 35,000 participants, those who reported habitual snoring and excessive daytime sleepiness had a higher incidence of treated hypertension during a follow-up period of about 3.1 years.* -
- The findings suggest that regular snoring and daytime sleepiness could serve as useful indicators for hypertension risk, indicating that screening for these symptoms might help in preventing high blood pressure.*
Sleep trackers are used widely by patients with sleep complaints, however their metrological validation is often poor and relies on healthy subjects. We assessed the metrological validity of two commercially available sleep trackers (Withings Activité/Fitbit Alta HR) through a prospective observational monocentric study, in adult patients referred for polysomnography (PSG). We compared the total sleep time (TST), REM time, REM latency, nonREM1 + 2 time, nonREM3 time, and wake after sleep onset (WASO).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Autoantibodies against lung epithelial antigens are often detected in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). Anti-Parietal Cell Antibodies (APCA) target the H+/K+ATPase (proton pump). APCA prevalence and lung H+/K+ATPase expression was never studied in IPF patients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Mediastinal masses of various origins can be encountered on imaging in symptomatic or asymptomatic patients. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic yield and complication rate of computed tomography (CT)-guided mediastinal core needle biopsies in a large population of patients presenting with mediastinal masses and to identify the factors that could influence these results.
Materials And Methods: In total, 293 consecutive CT-guided mediastinal biopsies, performed in 285 patients with equivocal masses at a single center from 2006 to 2011, were included.