Most Recent Articles from FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine

• Does adenotonsillar size and BMI predict obstructive sleep apnea in children? 

  This issue's column is based on the peer-reviewed article titled "Obstructive sleep apnea in children: relative contributions of body mass index...

  09/01/09 by Herbert Patrick · More from publication

• Melatonin & autism 

  Sleep problems affect an estimated 89% of children with autism. Behavioral therapy and good sleep hygiene practices can help in some cases....

  09/01/09 by Regina Patrick · More from publication

• The shortcomings of pressure support 

  In current practice, PSV remains the only flow cycled (as opposed to time cycled) ventilating mode--a characteristic that confers the potential to...

  09/01/09 by John Marini · More from publication

• Plasma proteins as biomarkers: acute phase proteins 

  We have spent the last two issues looking at plasma proteins as biomarkers. In this issue we will continue our look at proteins with an eye on some...

  09/01/09 by Don Steinert · More from publication

• Atelectasis - as incidious as ever 

  A telectasis is a commonly encountered pathophysiologic condition. The word atelectasis is derived from two Greek words, i.e., ateles and ektasis,...

  09/01/09 by Bill Wojciechowski · More from publication

• Aspects of the evolution of sleep medicine 

  In 1970, our research group contained only two clinicians, Dr. Vincent Zarcone and me. Nonetheless, we gritted our teeth and launched the worlds...

  09/01/09 by William C. Dement · More from publication

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