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Meir H. Kryger is affiliated with Yale University in the United States and has a research focus spanning medicine and neuroscience. Their work predominantly addresses sleep and related disorders, with an emphasis on obstructive sleep apnea and the neuroscience of respiration and sleep.

Their recent publications include:

  • International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 2022, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology
  • Sleep in the Aging Population, 2020, Sleep Medicine Clinics
  • Comorbid Insomnia and Sleep Apnea: mechanisms and implications of an underrecognized and misinterpreted sleep disorder, 2021, Sleep Medicine
  • Comparison of Ring Pulse Oximetry Using Reflective Photoplethysmography and PSG in the Detection of OSA in Chinese Adults: A Pilot Study, 2022, Nature and Science of Sleep
  • The subcortical belly of sleep: New possibilities in neuromodulation of basal ganglia?, 2020, Sleep Medicine Reviews

Kryger has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably Miguel Meira e Cruz, Amir Sharafkhaneh, Robert J. Thomas, Arash Maghsoudi, and Javad Razjouyan.

The scientist has contributed to a variety of publication venues, including:

  • Sleep Health
  • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine Clinics
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep Medicine Reviews

In addition to journal publications, Kryger has authored books published by Yale University Press, including "The Mystery of Sleep" released in 2020.

Their main fields of study encompass:

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience

Within these fields, subfields of interest include:

  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Endocrine and Autonomic Systems
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Their research topics cover a range of areas related to sleep and its disorders, such as:

  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Circadian rhythm and melatonin
  • Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring

Best Publications

  • Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine

    Meir H. Kryger;Thomas Roth;William C. Dement.

  • Mortality and apnea index in obstructive sleep apnea: experience in 385 male patients

    Jiang He;Meir H. Kryger;Frank J. Zorick;William Conway

  • Validation of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group rating scale for restless legs syndrome

    Jun Horiguchi;Magdolna Hornyak;Ulrich Voderholzer;Meir Kryger

  • The visual scoring of sleep in adults

    Michael H. Silber;Sonia Ancoli-Israel;Michael H. Bonnet;Sudhansu Chokroverty

  • Reducing Motor-Vehicle Collisions, Costs, and Fatalities by Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Alex Sassani;Larry J. Findley;Meir Kryger;Eric Goldlust

  • Evidence‐Based Recommendations for the Assessment and Management of Sleep Disorders in Older Persons

    Harrison G. Bloom;Harrison G. Bloom;Imran Ahmed;Cathy A. Alessi;Cathy A. Alessi;Sonia Ancoli-Israel

  • Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: a Population-based Perspective.

    Won Y Lee;Swamy Nagubadi;Meir H. Kryger;Babak Mokhlesi

  • Sleep complaints are common in a dialysis unit

    Shannon Walker;Adrian Fine;Meir H. Kryger

  • Differences between men and women in the clinical presentation of patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

    Martha R. Shepertycky;Katsuhisa Banno;Meir H. Kryger

  • Sleep apnoea patients have more automobile accidents.

    C.F. George;P.W. Nickerson;P.J. Hanly;T.W. Millar

  • Sleep, arousals, and oxygen desaturation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The effect of oxygen therapy.

    J Fleetham;P West;B Mezon;W Conway

  • Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine in the Child

    Richard Ferber;Meir H. Kryger

  • Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial of modafinil in the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness in narcolepsy

    R. J. Broughton;J.A. E. Fleming;C.F. P. George;J. D. Hill

  • Protriptyline in obstructive sleep apnea: a double-blind trial.

    Laurence G. Brownell;Peter West;Paul Sweatman;John C. Acres

  • Clinical semi-starvation: depression of hypoxic ventilatory response.

    Robert C. Doekel;Clifford W. Zwillich;Charles H. Scoggin;Meir Kryger

  • Sleep apnea: clinical investigations in humans.

    Katsuhisa Banno;Meir H. Kryger

  • Sleep in the Aging Population.

    Brienne Miner;Meir H. Kryger

  • Nasal CPAP Reduces Gastroesophageal Reflux in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    P Kerr;J P Shoenut;T Millar;P Buckle

  • The effect of oxygen on respiration and sleep in patients with congestive heart failure.

    Patrick J. Hanly;Thomas W. Millar;Darlene G. Steljes;Raquel Baert

  • The Use of Health-Care Resources in Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome

    Greg Berg;Kenneth Delaive;Jure Manfreda;Randy Walld

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Roth
Thomas Roth Wayne State University
Christian Guilleminault
Christian Guilleminault Stanford University
Clete A. Kushida
Clete A. Kushida Stanford University
Arthur S. Walters
Arthur S. Walters Vanderbilt University Medical Center
William D. Leslie
William D. Leslie University of Manitoba
Murray B. Stein
Murray B. Stein University of California, San Diego
Sonia Ancoli-Israel
Sonia Ancoli-Israel University of California, San Diego
Robert C. Smith
Robert C. Smith Michigan State University
Ulrich Voderholzer
Ulrich Voderholzer Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Claudia Trenkwalder
Claudia Trenkwalder University of Göttingen

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