Publicacions
Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Assessment of Coronary Risk.
Cheung YY, Tai BC, Loo G, Khoo SM, Cheong KY, Barbe F, Lee CH. Abstract There is increasing awareness that health screening may prevent some acute coronary events. Yet, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is seldom screened for and its relation with coronary risk markers is...
Central Sleep Apnoea Is Related to the Severity and Short-Term Prognosis of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Florés M, de Batlle J, Sánchez-de-la-Torre A, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, Aldomá A, Worner F, Galera E, Seminario A, Torres G, Dalmases M, Montserrat JM, Garmendia O, Barbé F; Spanish Sleep Group Abstract OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relation of central sleep apnoea (CSA) to...
Effects of Ethnicity on the Prevalence of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Pooled Analysis of the ISAACC Trial and Sleep and Stent Study.
Koo CY, de la Torre AS, Loo G, Torre MS, Zhang J, Duran-Cantolla J, Li R, Mayos M, Sethi R, Abad J, Furlan SF, Coloma R, Hein T, Ho HH, Jim MH, Ong TH, Tai BC, Turino C, Drager LF, Lee CH, Barbe F. Abstract BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is an emerging...
Overview of the Impact of Depression and Anxiety in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Montserrat-Capdevila J, Godoy P, Marsal JR, Barbé F, Pifarré J, Alsedà M, Ortega M. Abstract BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depression are common entities in patients diagnosed with COPD. However, the impact that they have on the exacerbation of illness is scarcely studied....
Gut epithelial barrier markers in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Barceló A, Esquinas C, Robles J, Piérola J, De la Peña M, Aguilar I, Morell-Garcia D, Alonso A, Toledo N, Sánchez-de la Torre M, Barbé F. Abstract BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is now being recognized as an additional contributing factor to the...
CPAP for Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
McEvoy RD, Antic NA, Heeley E, Luo Y, Ou Q, Zhang X, Mediano O, Chen R, Drager LF, Liu Z, Chen G, Du B, McArdle N, Mukherjee S, Tripathi M, Billot L, Li Q, Lorenzi-Filho G, Barbe F, Redline S, Wang J, Arima H, Neal B, White DP, Grunstein RR, Zhong N, Anderson CS; SAVE...
Cancer and OSA: Current Evidence From Human Studies.
Martínez-García MÁ, Campos-Rodriguez F, Barbé F. Abstract Despite the undeniable medical advances achieved in recent decades, cancer remains one of the main causes of mortality. It is thus extremely important to make every effort to discover new risk factors for this...
Effect of Patient Sex on the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Newly Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Admitted by an Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Sánchez-de-la-Torre A, Abad J, Durán-Cantolla J, Mediano O, Cabriada V, Masdeu MJ, Terán J, Masa JF, de la Peña M, Aldomá A, Worner F, Valls J, Barbé F, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M; Spanish Sleep Group. Abstract BACKGROUND: The cardiovascular consequences of obstructive...
Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Cardiovascular Remodeling Is Reversed by Normoxia in a Mouse Model of Sleep Apnea.
Castro-Grattoni AL, Alvarez-Buvé R, Torres M, Farré R, Montserrat JM, Dalmases M, Almendros I, Barbé F, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M. Abstract BACKGROUND: Intermittent hypoxia (IH) is the principal injurious factor involved in the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality...
Use of Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring for the Screening of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Torres G, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, Martínez-Alonso M, Gómez S, Sacristán O, Cabau J, Barbé F. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Oct;17(10):802-9. doi: 10.1111/jch.126 AbstractObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a frequent and underdiagnosed disease in hypertensive...
Knowledge management through two virtual communities of practice (Endobloc and Pneumobloc).
Lara B, Cañas F, Vidal A, Nadal N, Rius F, Paredes E, Hernández M, Maravall FJ, Franch-Nadal J, Barbé F, Mauricio D. Abstract We developed two virtual communities of practice (Endobloc and Pneumobloc) to increase the interaction between general practitioners and...
Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Chiner E, Llombart M, Valls J, Pastor E, Sancho-Chust JN, Andreu AL, Sánchez-de-la-Torre M, Barbé F. Abstract BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can predispose individuals to lower airway infections and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)...
Randomised intervention study to assess the prevalence of subclinical vascular disease and hidden kidney disease and its impact on morbidity and mortality: The ILERVAS project.
Betriu À, Farràs C, Abajo M, Martinez-Alonso M, Arroyo D, Barbé F, Buti M, Lec Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and atherosclerosis are 2 interrelated diseases that increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality....
Risk factors for exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective study.
Montserrat-Capdevila J, Godoy P, Marsal JR, Barbé F, Galván L. Abstract BACKGROUND: Although acute exacerbations are key events in the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), their frequency and the factors associated with acute exacerbation are...
Long-term adherence to continuous positive airway pressure therapy in non-sleepy sleep apnea patients.
Campos-Rodriguez F, Martinez-Alonso M, Sanchez-de-la-Torre M, Barbe F; Spanish Sleep Network. Abstract OBJECTIVE: The effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy greatly depends on consistent use. However, data regarding adherence in non-sleepy...
Risk of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a primary care retrospective cohort study.
Montserrat-Capdevila J, Godoy P, Marsal JR, Barbé F, Galván L. Abstract BACKGROUND: The risk of exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) depends on the severity of disease and other less well known factors. Predictive models of exacerbation are...