Epernicus: Ahmed S BaHammam, M.D.

Ahmed S BaHammam, M.D.

Positions:
Professor

University Sleep Disorders Center

Respiratory Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine

King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Direcor

University Sleep Disorders Center

King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Chairman

Institutional Review Board

King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Degrees:

M.D., King Saud University (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Past Advisors:
Research:
Research in Sleep Medicine

Interest in Sleep Disordered Breathing, Circadian Rhythm and Fasting, Sleep in Acute Care Setting, Noninvasive Ventilation, and Narcolepsy.

Communities:

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Ahmed BaHammam's Publications (71)

The effect of one night of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on oxidative stress and antioxidant defense in hypertensive patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Alzoghaibi MA, Bahammam AS

Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2011 May 13
Comorbid insomnia in sleep-related breathing disorders: an under-recognized association.
Al-Jawder SE, Bahammam AS

Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2011 Mar 29
Evaluation of the accuracy of manual and automatic scoring of a single airflow channel in patients with a high probability of obstructive sleep apnea.
BaHammam AS, Sharif M, Gacuan DE, George S

Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research. 2011 Feb;17(2):MT13-9
Sleep medicine in Saudi Arabia: Current problems and future challenges.
Bahammam AS

Annals of thoracic medicine. 2011 Jan;6(1):3-10
Distribution of chronotypes in a large sample of young adult Saudis.
BaHammam AS, Almestehi W, Albatli A, AlShaya S

Annals of Saudi medicine. 2011 Mar-Apr;31(2):183-6
Long-term follow-up of patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy treated with sodium oxybate (Xyrem).
Alshaikh MK, Gacuan D, George S, Sharif M, Bahammam AS

Clinical neuropharmacology. 2011 Jan-Feb;34(1):1-4
Obstructive sleep apnea: from simple upper airway obstruction to systemic inflammation.
Bahammam A

Annals of Saudi medicine. 2011 Jan-Feb;31(1):1-2
The prevalence of restless legs syndrome in adult Saudis attending primary health care.
Bahammam A, Al-Sharani K, Al-Zahrani S, Al-Shammari A, Al-Amri N, Sharif M

General hospital psychiatry. 2011 Mar-Apr;33(2):102-6
Acute ventilatory failure complicating obesity hypoventilation: update on a 'critical care syndrome'.
BaHammam A

Current opinion in pulmonary medicine. 2010 Nov;16(6):543-51
Sleep quality in CCU patients after controlling for environmental factors.
Bahammam AS

Sleep medicine. 2010 Sep;11(8):804-5; author reply 805
Special considerations for obstructive sleep apnea in women.
BaHammam AS

Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2010 Jun;14(2):175
Submaximal exercise in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea.
Alameri H, Al-Kabab Y, BaHammam A

Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2010 Jun;14(2):145-51
Prevalence and predictors of hypertension in Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Alharbi MS, Sharif MM, Alotaibi DA, Shaikh S, BaHammam AS

Saudi medical journal. 2010 May;31(5):585-6
Circadian pattern of sleep, energy expenditure, and body temperature of young healthy men during the intermittent fasting of Ramadan.
BaHammam A, Alrajeh M, Albabtain M, Bahammam S, Sharif M

Appetite. 2010 Apr;54(2):426-9
Cheyne-stokes respiration in patients with heart failure.
AlDabal L, BaHammam AS

Lung. 2010 Jan-Feb;188(1):5-14
Event-related evoked potentials in chronic respiratory encephalopathy.
Al Tahan AR, Zaidan R, Jones S, Husain A, Mobeireek A, Bahammam A

International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 2010;5:21-7
Interfacing sleep and aging.
Bahammam A, Pandi-Perumal SR

Frontiers in neurology. 2010;1:132
Prevalence of symptoms and risk of sleep apnea in middle-aged Saudi women in primary care.
Bahammam AS, Al-Rajeh MS, Al-Ibrahim FS, Arafah MA, Sharif MM

Saudi medical journal. 2009 Dec;30(12):1572-6
The prevalence of asthma in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Alharbi M, Almutairi A, Alotaibi D, Alotaibi A, Shaikh S, Bahammam AS

Primary care respiratory journal : journal of the General Practice Airways Group. 2009 Dec;18(4):328-30
Factors that may influence apnea-hypopnea index in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Bahammam AS

Chest. 2009 Nov;136(5):1444-5; author reply 1445
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome.
Al Dabal L, Bahammam AS

Annals of thoracic medicine. 2009 Apr;4(2):41-9
Prevalence and impact of periodic leg movements in narcolepsy patients.
BaHammam A

Journal of sleep research. 2009 Mar;18(1):142
Outcome of patients with pulmonary embolism admitted to the intensive care unit.
Al Otair H, Chaudhry M, Shaikh S, Bahammam A

Annals of thoracic medicine. 2009 Jan;4(1):13-6
Utility of daytime polysomnography for in-patients with suspected sleep-disordered breathing.
Al-Jawder S, Bahammam A

Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska. 2009 Mar-Apr;43(2):140-7
Gender differences in Saudi patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
Alotair H, Bahammam A

Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2008 Nov;12(4):323-9

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