To describe the demographic features of a large series of patients with floppy eyelid syndrome (FES) and to investigate the associations of the condition with keratoconus, obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), and a variety of upper and lower eyelid features.
We believe that CE can be performed in patients with CID under the same conditions as other patients with obstructive symptoms; i.e. the patient must be made fully aware that surgical intervention may become necessary in the case of finding an obstructive lesion.
These conditions include: obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome, with its association with excessive daytime sleepiness and baroreflex impairment; and insomnia, with its association with autonomic hyperarousal and hypertension.
18 Briefly, the evaluation comprises a pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial of telehealth for service users with long term conditions (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, heart failure; known as the WSD telehealth trial) and an equivalent trial of telecare for service users with social care needs (the WSD telecare trial).
I care for many children with obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes the throat to collapse during sleep, preventing air from getting into the lungs.
[ 19] It is possible that this condition may have co-existed in our patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Couples affected by severe male infertility related to conditions such as obstructive or non-obstructive azoospermia require treatment with ICSI to achieve pregnancy (National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2004).
Those who may be at greatest risk for impaired decision making include patients whose condition or treatment is likely to cause dementia, like those with obstructive pulmonary disease, AIDS, brain cancer, head injuries, depression or schizophrenia.
The study compared drivers with obstructive sleep apnea to drivers without the condition, from 2006 to 2010.
Other conditions, such obstructive sleep apnea and renal failure with fluid retention might be involved [ 26].
