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Found 5 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.
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1. Sleep apnea and sleep : diagnostic aspects
Abstract : Background: Patients with sleep apnea have frequent apneas and hypopneas during sleep. Apneas can be either central or obstructive. The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is the mean number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep. READ MORE
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2. Effects of Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Ketogenic Diet on Quality of Life and Changes in EEG and Sleep
Abstract : When anti-epileptic drugs fail, and epilepsy surgery is found unfeasible or ineffective, there remains a group of at least 25% of children with epilepsy in whom seizure control cannot be achieved. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an adjunctive treatment for medically refractory epilepsy. READ MORE
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3. Sleep and Sleep-disordered Breathing in Women : Associations with Daytime Symptoms and Metabolism
Abstract : Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by snoring, apneas and excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Although commonly present in OSA, factors relating to daytime sleepiness are not fully elucidated. OSA is associated with obesity and with cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome. READ MORE
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4. Epidemiological perspectives on sleep : health-related outcomes and subjective-objective sleep assessments
Abstract : This thesis aimed to expand knowledge about self-reported habitual sleep in relation to health outcomes and objectively measured sleep. Study I was a cross-sectional analysis of 40,197 Swedish adult volunteers participating in the National March, a fundraising event for the Swedish Cancer Society held in 1997. READ MORE
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5. Stress and sleep : prevalence, vulnerability and day-to-day variation
Abstract : Stress and sleep problems are increasingly common in society with consequences not only for individual health, but also high societal costs. The focus of this thesis is how sleep is affected by day-to-day variation in naturally occurring stress, the impact of individual vulnerability to stress-related sleep disturbances and the causes people attribute their disturbed sleep to. READ MORE