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Overview

Allan I. Pack is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the medical and neuroscience fields, with a strong emphasis on physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, and cognitive neuroscience. The scientist has contributed extensively to pulmonary and respiratory medicine as well as experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main research topics addressed by Allan I. Pack include obstructive sleep apnea research, neuroscience of respiration and sleep, sleep and wakefulness research, and sleep-related disorders. Additional areas of investigation involve tracheal and airway disorders, cardiovascular and diving-related complications, and circadian rhythm and melatonin.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Allan I. Pack encompass:

  • Brendan T Keenan
  • Diego R. Mazzotti
  • Ulysses J. Magalang
  • Samuel T. Kuna
  • Greg Maislin

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • SLEEP
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • CHEST Journal
  • American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Allan I. Pack are:

  • Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index, 2021, SLEEP
  • Global burden of sleep-disordered breathing and its implications, 2020, Respirology
  • The need to promote sleep health in public health agendas across the globe, 2023, The Lancet Public Health
  • International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 2022, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
  • Effect of Weight Loss on Upper Airway Anatomy and the Apnea-Hypopnea Index. The Importance of Tongue Fat, 2020, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Allan I. Pack has also contributed to the academic literature through book publications. This includes the book Sleep and its Disorders, published in 2022 by Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Best Publications

  • Cumulative sleepiness, mood disturbance, and psychomotor vigilance performance decrements during a week of sleep restricted to 4-5 hours per night

    David F. Dinges;Frances Pack;Katherine Williams;Kelly A. Gillen

  • Objective Measurement of Patterns of Nasal CPAP Use by Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Nancy Barone Kribbs;Allan I. Pack;Lewis R. Kline;Philip L. Smith

  • Rest in Drosophila Is a Sleep-like State

    Joan C Hendricks;Stefanie M Finn;Karen A Panckeri;Jessica Chavkin

  • Relationship between hours of CPAP use and achieving normal levels of sleepiness and daily functioning.

    Terri E. Weaver;Greg Maislin;David F. Dinges;Thomas Bloxham

  • Sleep Apnea: Types, Mechanisms, and Clinical Cardiovascular Consequences

    Shahrokh Javaheri;Ferran Barbe;Francisco Campos-Rodriguez;Jerome A. Dempsey

  • Identification of Upper Airway Anatomic Risk Factors for Obstructive Sleep Apnea with Volumetric Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    Richard J. Schwab;Michael Pasirstein;Robert Pierson;Adonna Mackley

  • Upper airway and soft tissue anatomy in normal subjects and patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Significance of the lateral pharyngeal walls.

    R J Schwab;K B Gupta;W B Gefter;L J Metzger

  • An Instrument to Measure Functional Status Outcomes for Disorders of Excessive Sleepiness

    Terri E. Weaver;Andréa M. Laizner;Lois K. Evans;Greg Maislin

  • Abnormal sleep/wake cycles and the effect of environmental noise on sleep disruption in the intensive care unit.

    Neil S. Freedman;Joost Gazendam;Lachelle Levan;Allan I. Pack

  • CHARACTERISTICS OF CRASHES ATTRIBUTED TO THE DRIVER HAVING FALLEN ASLEEP

    Allan I. Pack;Andrew M. Pack;Eric Rodgman;Andrew Cucchiara

  • Regulation of breathing

    Jerome A. Dempsey;Allan I. Pack

  • Dynamic Upper Airway Imaging during Awake Respiration in Normal Subjects and Patients with Sleep Disordered Breathing

    Richard J. Schwab;Warren B. Gefter;Eric A. Hoffman;Krishanu B. Gupta

  • Lethargus is a Caenorhabditis elegans sleep-like state

    David M. Raizen;John E. Zimmerman;Matthew H. Maycock;Uyen D. Ta

  • A Survey Screen for Prediction of Apnea

    Greg Maislin;Allan I. Pack;Nancy B. Kribbs;Philip L. Smith

  • Sleep Deprivation Selectively Impairs Memory Consolidation for Contextual Fear Conditioning

    Laurel A. Graves;Elizabeth A. Heller;Allan I. Pack;Ted Abel

  • Indications for positive airway pressure treatment of adult obstructive Sleep apnea patients: A consensus statement

    Daniel I. Loube;Kingman P. Strohl;Allan I. Pack

  • CPAP, Weight Loss, or Both for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Julio A. Chirinos;Indira Gurubhagavatula;Karen Teff;Daniel J. Rader

  • Effects of One Night without Nasal CPAP Treatment on Sleep and Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

    Nancy Barone Kribbs;Allan I. Pack;Lewis R. Kline;Joanne E. Getsy

  • Night-to-night variability in CPAP use over the first three months of treatment

    Terri E. Weaver;Nancy Barone Kribbs;Allan I. Pack;Lewis R. Kline

  • Practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring devices in the investigation of suspected obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

    Andrew L. Chesson;Richard B. Berry;Allan Pack

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg Maislin
Greg Maislin University of Pennsylvania
Thorarinn Gislason
Thorarinn Gislason University of Iceland
Richard J. Schwab
Richard J. Schwab University of Pennsylvania
David F. Dinges
David F. Dinges University of Pennsylvania
Nirinjini Naidoo
Nirinjini Naidoo University of Pennsylvania
Philip R. Gehrman
Philip R. Gehrman University of Pennsylvania
Julio A. Chirinos
Julio A. Chirinos University of Pennsylvania
Leszek Kubin
Leszek Kubin University of Pennsylvania
Raymond R. Townsend
Raymond R. Townsend University of Pennsylvania
Alfred P. Fishman
Alfred P. Fishman University of Pennsylvania

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