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Carotid body dysregulation contributes to Long COVID symptoms (2024)
Journal Article

Patients with long COVID suffer from breathlessness during exercise, leading to exercise intolerance. We know that SARSCoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect carotid bodies which is a small sensory organ that sends signals to the brain fo... Read More about Carotid body dysregulation contributes to Long COVID symptoms.

Practical Handbook of Spirometry (2023)
Book

4th edition of the textbook updated in line with current guidelines and practices

A systematic review on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease dementia (2023)
Journal Article

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is highly prevalent in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The gold standard treatment for OSA is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). Long-term, well-powered efficacy trials are require... Read More about A systematic review on adherence to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease dementia.

Aging in females is associated with changes in respiratory modulation of sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure (2023)
Journal Article

Sympathetic nerve activity (SNA) is tightly coupled with the respiratory cycle. In healthy human males, respiratory modulation of SNA does not change with age. However, it is unclear how this modulation is affected by age in females. We investigated... Read More about Aging in females is associated with changes in respiratory modulation of sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure.

Detecting sleep‐related breathing disorders using overnight pulse oximetry in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

AbstractBackgroundSleep disturbance is commonly reported in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Lewy body dementia (LBD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Early identification of sleep changes is crucial as poor sleep could contribute to cognitive decline a... Read More about Detecting sleep‐related breathing disorders using overnight pulse oximetry in patients with dementia and mild cognitive impairment.

Ventilatory efficiency is reduced in people with hypertension during exercise (2023)
Journal Article

BACKGROUND: An elevated ventilatory efficiency slope during exercise (minute ventilation/volume of expired CO2; VE /VCO2 slope) is a strong prognostic indicator in heart failure. It is elevated in people with heart failure with preserved ejection, ma... Read More about Ventilatory efficiency is reduced in people with hypertension during exercise.

COVID-19-related changes in outpatient CPAP setup pathways for OSA are linked with decreased 30-day CPAP usage (2022)
Journal Article

The COVID-19 pandemic changed continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) setup pathways. We evaluated patients commenced on CPAP in 2019 (prepandemic) and 2020 (post-first UK wave). Face-to-face (F2F) setup numbers, with CPAP turned on, decreased fro... Read More about COVID-19-related changes in outpatient CPAP setup pathways for OSA are linked with decreased 30-day CPAP usage.

Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s (2021)
Report

This guideline covers the diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS), obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with OSAHS (COPD–OSAHS overlap syndrome) in people over 16. It... Read More about Obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and obesity hypoventilation syndrome in over 16s.