Effective compliance during the first 3 months of continuous positive airway pressure: a European prospective study of 121 patients

…, E Sforza, P Delguste, C Deschaux… - American journal of …, 1999 - atsjournals.org
Effective compliance (time spent at the effective pressure) with nasal CPAP in obstructive
sleep apnea has been reported to be poor. The aim of our study was to evaluate effective …

Relationship between body mass index, age and upper airway measurements in snorers and sleep apnoea patients

…, D Veale, G Ferretti, C Deschaux… - European …, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Anatomical pharyngeal and craniofacial abnormalities have been reported using upper
airway imaging in snorers with or without obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). However, the …

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: fifty-one consecutive patients treated by maxillofacial surgery

G Bettega, JL Pepin, D Veale, C Deschaux… - American journal of …, 2000 - atsjournals.org
The place of surgical treatment in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) remains
unclear. Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP) has a response rate of 41% overall and only 5% …

Most obstructive sleep apnoea patients exhibit vigilance and attention deficits on an extended battery of tests

…, B Naegele, J Plante, C Deschaux… - European …, 2005 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue and altered attention are often experienced by
obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients. Although attentional problems are presumably …

Non-arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy is nearly systematically associated with obstructive sleep apnoea

…, E Renard, P Levy, C Chiquet, C Deschaux… - British journal of …, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com
… measurements of arterial blood pressure, Doppler assessment of brachiocephalic arteries,
a cephalic resonance magnetic imaging, and biological assays for sedimentation rate, C

Long-term oxygen therapy at home: compliance with medical prescription and effective use of therapy

JL Pépin, CE Barjhoux, C Deschaux, C Brambilla - Chest, 1996 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Jean-Louis Pépin MD a b c , Claude Elisabeth Barjhoux
MD a b c , Chrystèle Deschaux MSc a b c , Christian Brambilla MD, FCCP a b c b …

Pulse transit time improves detection of sleep respiratory events and microarousals in children

JL Pépin, N Delavie, I Pin, C Deschaux, J Argod… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the additional information provided by pulse transit time (PTT), a
noninvasive tool, when using during polysomnography for the diagnosis of sleep breathing …

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and sleep apnoea syndrome: a family study

M Dematteis, JL Pépin, M Jeanmart, C Deschaux… - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
Background Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease is a genetically heterogeneous group of
hereditary motor and sensory polyneuropathies in which sleep apnoea has rarely been …

Driving ability in sleep apnoea patients before and after CPAP treatment: evaluation on a road safety platform

…, B Naëgelé, E Rauch, C Deschaux… - European …, 2006 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Sleepiness is considered to be the major cause of increased traffic accidents in patients with
obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). Until now, OSAS patients′ driving ability has …

Analysis of error profiles occurring during the OSLER test: a sensitive mean of detecting fluctuations in vigilance in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

S Mazza, JL Pepin, C Deschaux… - American journal of …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
… were compared in 27 obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients (50.4 ± 10.4 years;
apnea–hypopnea index: 43.05 ± 25.08) and 20 control subjects (C). Not only did obstructive sleep …