Ali Abdelghani Nour

Relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and gastro esophageal reflux disease / العلاقة بين توقف التنفس الانسدادى أثناء النوم و الارتجاع المعدى المريئي Ali Abdelghani Nour ; Supervised Mohamed Fathi Husien , Mohamed Wafaa Zakaria - Cairo : Ali Abdelghani Nour , 2011 - 89 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis

We can conclude from this study that GERD occur more common inOSAS patients as compared to controls (40% versus 10%) there were significantly positive correlation between arousal index and hypoxemic index with severity of GERD (DeMeestre score) while nocorrelation exist between severity of OSAS (AHI) and severity of GERD (DeMeestre score)



Disturbed sleep Gastro esophageal reflux Obstructive sleep apnea