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Este artículo presenta un método no obstructivo para la detección del síndrome de apnea-hipopnea del sueño (SAHS). El flujo respiratorio es medido indirectamente a través de un colchón sensorizado (PBS Pressure Bed Sensor) que incluye 8 transductores de presión. Mediante la transformada de Hilbert se obtiene la amplitud instantánea de las señales respiratorias y se reduce la información a través del análisis de componentes principales (ACP). Los eventos respiratorios (ERs apneas/hipopneas) se localizan como una reducción en la amplitud instantánea resultante y se contabilizan en el índice de eventos respiratorios (IER), un índice de severidad similar al oficial apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). El PBS se analiza agrupando primero la información de pares de canales y después utilizando los 8 canales. Los IER se evalúan comparándolos con el AHI en diferentes niveles de severidad. En el diagnóstico de pacientes sanos y patológicos se obtuvo una sensibilidad, especificidad y exactitud de 92%, 100% y 96% respectivamente, utilizando la información de dos u ocho canales. Con estos resultados podemos proponer el uso del PBS como una alternativa para el diagnóstico del SAHS en ambientes fuera del hospital, ya que no requiere la presencia de un clínico especialista para su uso.

This manuscript presents an unobtrusive method for sleep apneahypopnea syndrome (SAHS) detection. The airflow is indirectly measured through a sensitive mattress (Pressure Bed sensor, PBS) that incorporates multiple pressure sensors into a bed mattress. The instantaneous amplitude of each sensor signal is calculated through Hilbert transform, and then, the information is reduced via principal component analysis. The respiratory events (ERs -apneas/hypopneas) are detected as a reduction in the resulting instantaneous amplitude and accounted in the respiratory event index (IER), which is a severity indicator similar to the offcial apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). The respiratory signals extracted from PBS are analyzed first by clustering the information coming from channel pairs, and then using the eight channels. The IER performance is compared with the AHI for different severity categories. For the diagnosis of healthy and pathological patients we obtain a sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of 92%, 100% and 96%, respectively using two or eight PBS channels. These results suggest the possibility to propose PBS as an alternative tool for SAHS diagnosis in home environment.

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This study proposes a novel method to assist the detection of the components that build up the Cyclic Alternating Pattern (CAP). CAP is a sleep phenomenon formed by consecutive sequences of activations (A1, A2, A3) and non-activations during nonREM sleep. The main importance of CAP evaluation is the possibility of defining the sleep process more accurately. Ten recordings from healthy and good sleepers were included in this study. The method is based on inferential statistics to define the initial and ending points of the CAP components based only on an initialization point given by the expert. The results show concordance up to 95% for A1, 85% for A2 and 60% for A3, together with an overestimation of 1.5 s in A1, 1.3 s in A2 and 0 s in A3. The total CAP rate presents a total underestimation of 7 min. Those results suggest that the method is able to accurately detect the initial and ending points of the activations, and may be helpful for the physicians by reducing the time dedicated to the manual inspection task.

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This article presents a work made in year 1990 in the Asociación Odontológica Argentina, in a population of 192 persons with Down's Syndrome. The results were controlled with other Group (Control Group), taken as reference, same number of people, sex and age, not Down's Syndrome diagnostic. Age between 3 and 26 years-old. The examination evaluates: dental caries occurrence, filling and lost teeth, oral hygiene, diet and type of dental treatment received. The report illustrates the differences between the dental health care and dental treatment, in the population with Down's Syndrome and the control Group. The author calls the attention to dental profession to colaborate in the dental health care of Down's Syndrome population.

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This article presents a work made in year 1990 in the Asociación Odontológica Argentina, in a population of 192 persons with Down’s Syndrome. The results were controlled with other Group (Control Group), taken as reference, same number of people, sex and age, not Down’s Syndrome diagnostic. Age between 3 and 26 years-old. The examination evaluates: dental caries occurrence, filling and lost teeth, oral hygiene, diet and type of dental treatment received. The report illustrates the differences between the dental health care and dental treatment, in the population with Down’s Syndrome and the control Group. The author calls the attention to dental profession to colaborate in the dental health care of Down’s Syndrome population.

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This article presents a work made in year 1990 in the Asociación Odontológica Argentina, in a population of 192 persons with Downs Syndrome. The results were controlled with other Group (Control Group), taken as reference, same number of people, sex and age, not Downs Syndrome diagnostic. Age between 3 and 26 years-old. The examination evaluates: dental caries occurrence, filling and lost teeth, oral hygiene, diet and type of dental treatment received. The report illustrates the differences between the dental health care and dental treatment, in the population with Downs Syndrome and the control Group. The author calls the attention to dental profession to colaborate in the dental health care of Downs Syndrome population.

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