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This is a cohort study. It involves baseline, 1st follow up visit and 2nd follow up visit. At baseline visit, all participants will go through a list of assessments and questionnaires and blood taking. Follow-up visit(s) will be scheduled every one to two years, in which the same set of assessments
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Bronchial asthma is a heterogeneous and highly prevalent disease; moreover, it represents one of the main cost of the Italian National Health Care System. According to international guidelines, asthma is characterized by the presence of symptoms such as wheezing, dyspnoea, chest tightness
INTRODUCTION Hypertension is common with a prevalence of approximately one third of the adult Swedish population and similar figures reported world wide. It is associated to cardiac structural- and functional changes as well as vascular dysfunction which all can be delayed or reversed by appropriate
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a well-known disorder of upper airways collapse during sleep time leading to oxygen desaturation, sleep fragmentation, tissue suffering and hypercapnia. The repeated airways collapse leads to a fall of blood saturation levels during sleep time and it is linked to
REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream enactment behaviors and REM sleep without muscle atonia (excessive EMG activity) during REM sleep.Increasing studies revealed that iRBD eventually converts to α-synucleinopathy, such as Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with
Coffee is one of the most consumed drinks in the world and its consumption has doubled in 20 years. Because of the health benefits of caffeine (present in many foods and medicines), but also adverse effects, its physiological actions deserve to be better known and its use better framed.
Indeed,
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The aim of work is to assess the extent of anxiety and affective disorders symptoms and cognitive performance in newly diagnosed patients with obstructive sleep apnea. In the second phase, follow the changes in these areas after 2 months and after 1 year of continuous treatment. The
Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder of unknown etiology, characterized by bradykinesia (slowness of movements) associated with tremor at rest and/or muscle rigidity. PD is typically associated with a significant loss of dopaminergic neurons in the
1. INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE Chronic subdural hematoma (cSDH) is a frequently occurring neurological disease of the elderly and common in daily neurosurgical practice. It consists of an extracerebral encapsulated collection of mostly liquefied old hematoma, located between the dura and arachnoid.
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by tremor, rigidity and akinesia, but patients can also present various non-motor symptoms in the course of their illness, including visual hallucinations, delusions or illusions. Visual Hallucinations are false perceptions (no
Shift work can exert numerous effects on the temporal and behavioral organization of the individuals. Working hours of shift workers, which are outside the normal daily social program, lead to a circadian desynchronization due to a temporary misalignment between working time and physiological and
In spite of the fatigue impact is well known in MS, medical care of this symptom is not usual. Moreover, treatments of fatigue are available, but evidence for effectiveness is limited. This study will build upon the existing evidence base for the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral approaches, and
Sleep deprivation produces changes including alteration of mood, irritability, fatigue, less focus and disorientation, also perceptive distortions, visual hallucinations and considering tasks harder and less pleasant. Extenuating working hours provoke sleep deprivation, which deteriorates work
OBJECTIVE(S): The main goal of this study is to evaluate the utility of a Minute Ventilation Adaptive Servo-ventilation (MV-ASV) device in mitigating deterioration in renal function and prevent kidney injury in patients admitted with acute heart failure compared to those receiving usual care. We