Department of Sleep Medicine - Royal Infirmary Edinbrugh
Department of Sleep Medicine
CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Edinburgh Sleep Course – 26 to 30 March 2012
Research Fellows – applications always welcome for short or long term posts
The Department of Sleep Medicine in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh has been diagnosing and treating sleep disorders in adults for almost 30 years. The Unit sees about 2, 500 new patients a year and has a seven-bed facility for performing polysomnography. It also uses home diagnostics with limited sleep studies as first line investigation in possible sleep apnoea. There is a strong focus for research and teaching in the Unit with over 250 original publications, many of which have formed the basis of best practice guidelines in the investigation and treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea on an international level. Our research is currently extending into neurological sleep disorders, including narcolepsy and parasomnias.
Clinical/translational
Sleep disordered breathing of any cause
Narcolepsy
Parasomnias
1. Hedner J, Grote L, Bonsignore M, McNicholas W, Lavie P, Parati G, Sliwinski P, Barbé F, De Backer W, Escourrou P, Fietze I, Kvamme JA, Lombardi C, Marrone O, Masa JF, Montserrat JM, Penzel T, Pretl M, Riha R, Rodenstein D, Saaresranta T, Schulz R, Tkacova R, Varoneckas G, Vitols A, Vrints H, Zielinski J. The European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA): report from 22 European sleep laboratories. Eur
Respir J. 2011 Sep;38(3):635-42
2. Vennelle M, White S, Riha RL, Mackay TW, Engleman HM, Douglas NJ. Randomized controlled trial of variable-pressure versus fixed-pressure continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for patients with obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS). Sleep. 2010 Feb;33(2):267-71
3. Cross MD, Mills NL, Al-Abri M, Riha R, Vennelle M, Mackay TW, Newby DE, Douglas NJ. Continuous positive airway pressure improves vascular function in obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome: a randomised controlled trial. Thorax. 2008 Jul;63(7):578-83
4. Smith LA, Chong DW, Vennelle M, Denvir MA, Newby DE, Douglas NJ. Diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing in patients with chronic heart failure: evaluation of a portable limited sleep study system. J Sleep Res. 2007 Dec;16(4):428-35
5. Cross MD, Vennelle M, Engleman HM, White S, Mackay TW, Twaddle S, Douglas NJ. Comparison of CPAP titration at home or the sleep laboratory in the sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome. Sleep. 2006 Nov;29(11):1451-5
6. Izci B, Vennelle M, Liston WA, Dundas KC, Calder AA, Douglas NJ. Sleep-disordered breathing and upper airway size in pregnancy and post-partum. Eur Respir J. 2006 Feb;27(2):321-7
7. Riha RL, Brander P, Vennelle M, McArdle N, Kerr SM, Anderson NH, Douglas NJ. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (-308) gene polymorphism in obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome. Eur Respir J. 2005 Oct;26(4):673-8
8. Teixeira VG, Faccenda JF, Douglas NJ. Functional status in patients with narcolepsy. Sleep Med. 2004 Sep;5(5):477-83
9. Wild MR, Engleman HM, Douglas NJ, Espie CA. Can psychological factors help us to determine adherence to CPAP? A prospective study. Eur Respir J. 2004 Sep;24(3):461-5
10. Vennelle M, Brander PE, Kingshott RN, Rees K, Warren PM, Keeling JW, Douglas NJ. Is there a familial association between obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea and the sudden infant death syndrome? Thorax. 2004 Apr;59(4):337-41
11. McArdle N, Riha RL, Vennelle M, Coleman EL, Dennis MS, Warlow CP, Douglas NJ. Sleep-disordered breathing as a risk factor for cerebrovascular disease: a case-control study in patients with transient ischemic attacks. Stroke. 2003 Dec;34(12):2916-21
12. Dingli K, Coleman EL, Vennelle M, Finch SP, Wraith PK, Mackay TW, Douglas NJ. Evaluation of a portable device for diagnosing the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome. Eur Respir J. 2003 Feb;21(2):253-9
13. Izci B, Riha RL, Martin SE, Vennelle M, Liston WA, Dundas KC, Calder AA, Douglas NJ. The upper airway in pregnancy and pre-eclampsia. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan 15;167 (2):137-40
14. Massie CA, McArdle N, Hart RW, Schmidt-Nowara WW, Lankford A, Hudgel DW, Gordon N, Douglas NJ. Comparison between automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the home. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2003 Jan 1;167(1):20-3
15. Dingli K, Fietze I, Assimakopoulos T, Quispe-Bravo S, Witt C, Douglas NJ. Arousability in sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome patients. Eur Respir J. 2002 Sep;20(3):733-40
16. Engleman HM, McDonald JP, Graham D, Lello GE, Kingshott RN, Coleman EL, Mackay TW, Douglas NJ. Randomized crossover trial of two treatments for sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome: continuous positive airway pressure and mandibular
repositioning splint. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Sep 15;166(6):855-9
17. Kelly CA, Newby DE, McDonagh TA, Mackay TW, Barr J, Boon NA, Dargie HJ, Douglas NJ. Randomised controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure and standard oxygen therapy in acute pulmonary oedema; effects on plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentrations. Eur Heart J. 2002 Sep;23(17):1379-86
18. McArdle N, Douglas NJ. Effect of continuous positive airway pressure on sleep architecture in the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Oct 15;164(8 Pt 1):1459-63
19. Kingshott RN, Vennelle M, Coleman EL, Engleman HM, Mackay TW, Douglas NJ. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of modafinil in the treatment of residual excessive daytime sleepiness in the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Mar;163(4):918-23
20. Thurnheer R, Wraith PK, Douglas NJ. Influence of age and gender on upper airway resistance in NREM and REM sleep. J Appl Physiol. 2001 Mar;90(3):981-8
21. Faccenda JF, Mackay TW, Boon NA, Douglas NJ. Randomized placebo-controlled trial of continuous positive airway pressure on blood pressure in the sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2001 Feb;163(2):344-8
22. Engleman HM, Kingshott RN, Martin SE, Douglas NJ. Cognitive function in the sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS). Sleep. 2000 Jun 15;23 Suppl 4:S102-8
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