Imtiaz Ahmad MD, MPH, FCCP

Sleep and Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Weakness in Critically Ill Older Adults. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2019 Jan/Feb;38(1):20-28 Authors: Elías MN, Munro CL, Liang Z, Calero K, Ji M Abstract BACKGROUND: Older adults in the intensive care unit (ICU) often experience sleep disturbances, which may stem from life-threatening illness, the ICU environment, medications/sedation, or psychological stress. […]

Progressive Massive Fibrosis and Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease: The Continued Resurgence of a Preventable Disease. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Dec;15(12):1394-1396 Authors: Stansbury RC PMID: 30499724 [PubMed – in process]

A Man with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Dec;15(12):1472-1476 Authors: Bevill BT, Argula RG, Gilkeson GC, Kim NH PMID: 30499723 [PubMed – in process]

[Long-term outcome prediction in patients with stroke]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2018;118(9. Vyp. 2):37-41 Authors: Tazartukova AD, Stakhovskaya LV Abstract AIM: To create a model to predict long-term stroke outcome using polysomnographic parameters. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Authors prospectively enrolled 56 acute stroke patients. All subjects underwent clinical evaluation and polysomnographic study. A

[A role of insomnia in the development of silent cerebral infarctions]. Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2018;118(9. Vyp. 2):3-7 Authors: Tikhomirova OV, Kozhevnikova VV, Zybina NN, Startseva ON, Bobko OV Abstract AIM: To investigate the relationship between insomnia, hemostatic abnormalities and silent cerebral infarctions. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A complex study of 76 male