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1. A practical approach to the assessment of daytime sleepiness: a careful history taking usually suggests the diagnosis

Author

Rowley, James A.

Subjects
Fatigue -- Risk factors, Diagnosis, Differential -- Observations, Narcolepsy -- Risk factors, Sleep apnea syndromes -- Risk factors, Respiration disorders -- Risk factors, Restless legs syndrome -- Risk factors, Health
Abstract

ABSTRACT: Although excessive daytime sleepiness is most often simply the result of inadequate sleep, other causes must be considered as well. Common causes of daytime sleepiness include obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea [...]

Published
2005

2. Inflammation linked to fatigue after radiotherapy

Subjects
Radiotherapy -- Complications and side effects, Breast cancer -- Care and treatment, Fatigue -- Risk factors, Fatigue -- Research, Prostate cancer -- Care and treatment, Health
Abstract

Patients who experience fatigue during radiotherapy for breast or prostate cancer may be reacting to activation of the proinflammatory cytokine network, a known inflammatory pathway, according to researchers from the [...]

Published
2009

3. Would a higher dose make a difference?

Author

Von Roenn, Jamie Hayden

Subjects
Chemotherapy -- Complications and side effects, Chemotherapy -- Psychological aspects, Fatigue -- Risk factors, Cancer -- Chemotherapy, Cancer -- Complications and side effects, Cancer -- Psychological aspects, Drugs -- Dosage and administration, Drugs -- Psychological aspects, Health
Abstract

Dr. Von Roenn, from the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center at Northwestern University in Chicago, commented that 'this is a well-conceived and well-implemented trial.' She noted that it adds [...]

Published
2008

4. Modafinil use curtails severe, treatment-related fatigue: sleepiness decreased, depression was unchanged by narcolepsy drug in this phase III trial

Author

London, Susan

Subjects
Fatigue -- Risk factors, Fatigue -- Prevention, Modafinil -- Dosage and administration, Modafinil -- Complications and side effects, Cancer -- Care and treatment, Cancer -- Patient outcomes, Cancer -- Psychological aspects, Cancer -- Research, Health, Provigil (Medication) -- Dosage and administration, Provigil (Medication) -- Complications and side effects
Abstract

About 80% of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, and 89% of those who undergo radiation therapy, experience fatigue during their treatment. But about 30% of cancer patients continue to feel fatigued [...]

Published
2008

5. What are the best clinical predictors of sleep apnea? Aside from snoring, what are the most useful predictors of sleep-disordered breathing?

Author

Shieh, Frederick K. and Gottlieb, Daniel J.

Subjects
Obesity -- Risk factors, Fatigue -- Risk factors, Snoring -- Risk factors, Sleep apnea syndromes -- Risk factors, Health, Risk factors
Abstract

Answers to a reader's question on: predictors of sleep-disordered breathing * Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea (OSAH), characterized by episodic reduction or cessation of breathing during sleep, is caused by intermittent, partial, [...]

Published
2004

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