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Walter T. McNicholas

Walter T. McNicholas

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Medicine

D-Index
80
Citations
31054
World Ranking
16934
National Ranking
47

Overview

Walter T. McNicholas is affiliated with University College Dublin in Ireland. Their research primarily focuses on medicine and neuroscience, with significant contributions also in physiology, endocrine and autonomic systems, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, experimental and cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
  • Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue

McNicholas has published extensively in key journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Sleep Research
  • European Respiratory Journal
  • Sleep Medicine
  • ERJ Open Research
  • Sleep Medicine Clinics

Among notable recent papers authored or co-authored by McNicholas are:

  • Obstructive sleep apnea: transition from pathophysiology to an integrative disease model, 2022, Journal of Sleep Research
  • On the rise and fall of the apnea−hypopnea index: A historical review and critical appraisal, 2020, Journal of Sleep Research
  • Bidirectional relationships of comorbidity with obstructive sleep apnoea, 2022, European Respiratory Review
  • European Respiratory Society guideline on non-CPAP therapies for obstructive sleep apnoea, 2021, European Respiratory Review
  • EAN/ERS/ESO/ESRS statement on the impact of sleep disorders on risk and outcome of stroke, 2020, European Respiratory Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with McNicholas include:

  • Ludger Grote
  • Johan Verbraecken
  • Jan Hedner
  • Özen K. Başoğlu
  • Jean-Louis Pépin

Best Publications

  • Standards for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with COPD: a summary of the ATS/ERS position paper

    B. R. Celli;W. MacNee;A. Agusti;Antonio R Anzueto

  • Sleep apnoea as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: current evidence, basic mechanisms and research priorities

    McNicholas Wt;Bonsigore Mr

  • Selective Activation of Inflammatory Pathways by Intermittent Hypoxia in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Silke Ryan;Cormac T. Taylor;Walter T. McNicholas

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

    Patrick Lévy;Malcolm Kohler;Walter T. McNicholas;Ferran Barbé

  • An Official ATS Statement: Grading the Quality of Evidence and Strength of Recommendations in ATS Guidelines and Recommendations

    Holger J. Schünemann;Roman Jaeschke;Deborah J. Cook;William F. Bria

  • Long-term Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Liam S. Doherty;John L. Kiely;Valerie Swan;Walter T. McNicholas

  • Hypoxemia in patients with COPD: cause, effects, and disease progression.

    Brian D Kent;Patrick D Mitchell;Walter T McNicholas

  • Upper airway morphology in patients with idiopathic obstructive sleep apnea

    Rivlin J;Hoffstein;Kalbfleisch J;McNicholas W

  • Predictors of Elevated Nuclear Factor-κB–dependent Genes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome

    Silke Ryan;Cormac T. Taylor;Walter T. McNicholas

  • Obstructive apneas during sleep in patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis.

    Walter T. McNicholas;Susan Tarlo;Philip Cole;Noe Zamel

  • Cardiovascular disease in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: the role of intermittent hypoxia and inflammation.

    J F Garvey;C T Taylor;W T McNicholas

  • Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults.

    Walter T. McNicholas

  • Systemic inflammation: a key factor in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome?

    S Ryan;C T Taylor;W T McNicholas

  • Predictive value of clinical features for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

    P C Deegan;W T McNicholas

  • Pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnoea

    P C Deegan;W T McNicholas

  • Cardiac rhythm disturbances in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: effects of nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy.

    Joseph Harbison;Philip O’Reilly;Walter T. McNicholas

  • Recommendations for the management of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and hypertension

    Gianfranco Parati;Carolina Lombardi;Jan Hedner;Maria R Bonsignore

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and obstructive sleep apnea: overlaps in pathophysiology, systemic inflammation, and cardiovascular disease.

    Walter T. McNicholas

  • Intranasal corticosteroid therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with co-existing rhinitis.

    J L Kiely;P Nolan;W T McNicholas

  • Cardiovascular risk factors in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

    J L Kiely;W T McNicholas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Hedner
Jan Hedner Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Patrick Levy
Patrick Levy Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Louis Pépin
Jean-Louis Pépin Grenoble Alpes University
Gianfranco Parati
Gianfranco Parati University of Milano-Bicocca
Cormac T. Taylor
Cormac T. Taylor University College Dublin
Claudio L. Bassetti
Claudio L. Bassetti University of Bern
Poul Jennum
Poul Jennum University of Copenhagen
Luigi Ferini-Strambi
Luigi Ferini-Strambi Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Peretz Lavie
Peretz Lavie Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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