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| dc.contributor.advisor | Du Toit, Peet J. | |
| dc.contributor.coadvisor | Van Schoor, Albert-Neels | |
| dc.contributor.postgraduate | Groenewald, Liechka | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-18T09:05:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-18T09:05:50Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2021-04 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2020. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Patients with Cushing’s syndrome often complain about sleep disruption and excessive day time sleepiness, which could contribute to worsening quality of life and metabolic comorbidities (obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidaemia) associated with hypercortisolism. Sleep disorders have been shown to increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and that the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with hypercortisolism may be worsened by impaired sleep. Cushing’s syndrome patients may also be at increased risk for obstructive sleep apnea due to their obesity. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.availability | Restricted | en_ZA |
| dc.description.degree | MSc | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Physiology | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Groenewald, L 2020, The prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with Cushing's syndrome, MSc Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77081> | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.other | A2021 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77081 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of Pretoria | |
| dc.rights | © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. | |
| dc.subject | UCTD | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The prevalence of sleep apnea in patients with Cushing's syndrome | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Dissertation | en_ZA |
