2015
Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit
Pisani MA, Friese RS, Gehlbach BK, Schwab RJ, Weinhouse GL, Jones SF. Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit. American Journal Of Respiratory And Critical Care Medicine 2015, 191: 731-738. PMID: 25594808, PMCID: PMC5447310, DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201411-2099ci.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCritical illnessIntensive care unit patientsConcise clinical reviewCare unit patientsIntensive care unitPatient care activitiesCircadian rhythm abnormalitiesCircadian rhythmImportant physiologic processesLack of sleepUnit patientsICU patientsPatients' sleepCare unitClinical reviewAdverse outcomesSleep disturbancesRhythm abnormalitiesRole sleepCare activitiesIllnessClinical researchSleepPatientsPhysiologic processes
2014
Feasibility study of unattended polysomnography in medical intensive care unit patients
Knauert MP, Yaggi HK, Redeker NS, Murphy TE, Araujo KL, Pisani MA. Feasibility study of unattended polysomnography in medical intensive care unit patients. Heart & Lung 2014, 43: 445-452. PMID: 25023504, PMCID: PMC4150840, DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.06.049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitPortable polysomnographySleep efficiencyMedical intensive care unit patientsIntensive care unit patientsSleep deprivationOvernight sleep durationCare unit patientsObservational pilot studyIntensive care unitIndicators of feasibilityUnattended polysomnographyUnit patientsIll patientsPatients' sleepCare unitArousal indexPSG studiesSleep durationPatientsInterpretable qualityPilot studyGold standardSleepSleep stages
2005
Sleep, breathing, and menopause: The effect of fluctuating estrogen and progesterone on sleep and breathing in women
D'Ambrosio C, Stachenfeld NS, Pisani M, Mohsenin V. Sleep, breathing, and menopause: The effect of fluctuating estrogen and progesterone on sleep and breathing in women. Gender Medicine 2005, 2: 238-245. PMID: 16464735, DOI: 10.1016/s1550-8579(05)80053-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSleep-disordered breathingSex hormone deficiencyObstructive sleep apneaLA administrationHormone deficiencyLeuprolide acetateSleep fragmentationDevelopment of OSADevelopment of SDBSignificant sleep-disordered breathingGonadotropin-releasing hormone analogueApnea-hypopnea indexUpper airway resistanceCessation of mensesAdministration of estrogenHours of sleepClimacteric vasomotor symptomsPolysomnographic evaluationVasomotor symptomsClimacteric symptomsMenopausal levelsDaily administrationHealthy womenSleep apneaArousal index