Leuven University Centre for Sleep and wake disord – University Hospitals Leuven

Leuven University Centre for Sleep and wake disord - University Hospitals Leuven

Pulmonology

Leuven University Centre for Sleep and wake disord

Contact: Bertien  
Buyse
Position: Pulmonologist
Address: Herestraat 49, 3000
City: Leuven
Country: Belgium
Contact Email: Contact laboratory
RESEARCH DOMAIN: Clinical
KEYWORDS: Sleep and Body Functions (Cardio-Respiratory, Thermoregulation/Metabolism, Endocrine), Neurological Sleep Disorders, Sleep and Medical Disorders

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Laboratory Description:

– Hypoventilation in neuromuscular disorders
– NIV
– OSA and transplantation
– OSA and pulmonary hypertension

KEY Publications of the Laboratory:

– Treatment of chronic respiratory failure in kyphoscoliosis: oxygen or ventilation? Buyse B, Meersseman W, Demedts M.
Eur Respir J. 2003 Sep;22(3):525-8.

– Effect of obesity and/or sleep apnea on chemosensitivity: differences between men and women. Buyse B, Markous N, Cauberghs M, Van Klaveren R, Muls E, Demedts M.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2003 Feb 19;134(1):13-22.

– Atrophy and hypertrophy signalling in the diaphragm of patients with COPD. Testelmans D, Crul T, Maes K, Agten A, Crombach M, Decramer M, Gayan-Ramirez G. Eur Respir J. 2010 Mar;35(3):549-56.

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