Selected Publications
2010
Ratnavadivel R, Stadler D, Windler S, Bradley J, Paul D, McEvoy RD, Catcheside PG. Upper airway function and arousability to ventilatory challenge in slow wave versus stage 2 sleep in obstructive sleep apnoea. Thorax 2010;65(2):107-12.
Eastwood PR, Malhotra A, Palmer LJ, Kezirian EJ, Horner RL, Ip MS, Thurnheer R, Antic NA, Hillman DR. Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: From pathogenesis to treatment: Current controversies and future directions. Respirology 2010;15(4):587-95.
Antic NA. A nurse led RCT for the diagnosis and management of moderate to severe OSA (Commentary). Best of Sleep Medicine (2010) Page 26-7
Gantner D, Antic NA, Wong K, Heeley E, Anderson C, McEvoy RD. Diagnostic accuracy of a questionnaire and simple home monitoring device in detecting obstructive sleep apnea in a high cardiovascular risk cohort. Respirology, accepted March 2010.
Eckert DJ, Elgar NJ, McEvoy RD, Catcheside PG. Alcohol alters sensory processing to respiratory stimuli in healthy men and women during wakefulness. Sleep. In press (accepted 4th June 2010).
2009
Vakulin A, Baulk SD, Catcheside PG, Antic NA, van den Heuvel CJ, Dorrian J, McEvoy RD. Effects of alcohol and sleep restriction on simulated driving performance in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Ann Intern Med 2009;151(7):447-55.
Stadler DL, McEvoy RD, Sprecher KE, Thomson KJ, Ryan MK, Thompson CC, Catcheside PG. Abdominal compression increases upper airway collapsibility during sleep in obese male obstructive sleep apnea patients. Sleep 2009;32(12):1579-87.
Smith JH, Baumert M, Nalivaiko E, McEvoy RD, Catcheside PG. Arousal in obstructive sleep apnoea patients is associated with ECG RR and QT interval shortening and PR interval lengthening. J Sleep Res 2009;18(2):188-95.
Sajkov D, McEvoy RD. Obstructive sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2009;51(5):363-70.
Ratnavadivel R, Chau N, Stadler D, Yeo A, McEvoy RD, Catcheside PG. Marked reduction in obstructive sleep apnea severity in slow wave sleep. J Clin Sleep Med 2009;5(6):519-24.
McEvoy RD, Pierce RJ, Hillman D, Esterman A, Ellis EE, Catcheside PG, O'Donoghue FJ, Barnes DJ, Grunstein RR. Nocturnal non-invasive nasal ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: a randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2009;64(7):561-6.
Bignold JJ, Deans-Costi G, Goldsworthy MR, Robertson CA, McEvoy D, Catcheside PG, Mercer JD. Poor long-term patient compliance with the tennis ball technique for treating positional obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med 2009;5(5):428-30.
Antic NA, Buchan C, Esterman A, Hensley M, Naughton MT, Rowland S, Williamson B, Windler S, Eckermann S, McEvoy RD. A randomized controlled trial of nurse-led care for symptomatic moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009;179(6):501-8.
2008
Rose AR, Antic NA, McEvoy RD. Restless leg syndrome, dopamine agonists and sleep attacks. Intern Med J 2008;38(11):872-3.
Hilditch CJ, McEvoy RD, George KE, Thompson CC, Ryan MK, Rischmueller M, Catcheside PG. Upper airway surface tension but not upper airway collapsibility is elevated in primary Sjogren's syndrome. Sleep 2008;31(3):367-74.
Eckert DJ, McEvoy RD, George KE, Thomson KJ, Catcheside PG. Effects of hypoxia on genioglossus and scalene reflex responses to brief pulses of negative upper-airway pressure during wakefulness and sleep in healthy men. J Appl Physiol 2008;104(5):1426-35.
Camfferman D, McEvoy RD, O'Donoghue F, Lushington K. Prader Willi Syndrome and excessive daytime sleepiness. Sleep Med Rev 2008;12(1):65-75.
Baumert M, Smith J, Catcheside P, McEvoy RD, Abbott D, Sanders P, Nalivaiko E. Variability of QT interval duration in obstructive sleep apnea: an indicator of disease severity. Sleep 2008;31(7):959-66.