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  1. OSA in Women

    Article • CHEST Journal, March 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  2. Sleep and daytime function in people with spinal cord injury

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  3. Trends in Resident Perception and Program Response of Annual Institutional Internal Survey in COVID Era: A 6 Year Analysis

    Article • The American Surgeon, October 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  4. Religious and culturally conscious sleep care for Muslim patients: Clinical considerations and recommendations

    Article • Sleep Medicine Reviews, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  5. Feasibility of a Shock Simulation with Ultrasound Curriculum

    Article • ATS Scholar, September 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  6. Sleep apnea in individuals with spinal cord injury

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  7. An Interdisciplinary Pulmonary Hypertension Curriculum for Fellows

    Article • ATS Scholar, June 2025, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  8. Effects of Induced Arousal on Subsequent Apnea and Hyperpnea in Central Sleep Apnea

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  9. 0930 Vasomotor Symptoms and Sleep Quality Among Midlife Women of Middle Eastern and North African Ancestry

    Article • SLEEP, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  10. Using expanded diagnostic criteria mitigates gender disparities in diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  11. Long Term Effects of Coronavirus Disease 2019 on Healthcare Utilization: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • Michigan Medical Education and Health Bulletin, October 2024, Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  12. Corrigendum: Role of automated detection of respiratory related heart rate changes in the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing

    Article • Frontiers in Sleep, July 2024, Frontiers

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  13. Sleep and Daytime Function in People with Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  14. Assessment of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Resources, including Event Reporting Systems, in Graduate Medical Education Training Programs - An Institutional National Survey

    Article • Michigan Medical Education and Health Bulletin, May 2024, Henry Ford Providence Southfield Hospital

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  15. 0374 Dimensions of Sleep Health and Mood Disorders in Middle Eastern/North African Women

    Article • SLEEP, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  16. 0360 Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of Insomnia Among Diverse Patient Populations

    Article • SLEEP, April 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  17. Intensive support does not improve positive-airway pressure use in spinal cord injury/disease: a randomized clinical trial

    Article • SLEEP, February 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  18. Feasibility of oropharyngeal and respiratory muscle training in individuals with OSA and spinal cord injury or disease: A pilot study

    Article • Physiological Reports, February 2024, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  19. Prevalence of central sleep apnea among veterans and response rate to continuous positive airway pressure therapy

    Article • SLEEP Advances, January 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  20. The quest for accurate evaluation and treatment of sleep disordered breathing in spinal cord injury

    Article • SLEEP, October 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  21. Mechanical Ventilation Training Curriculum for Pulmonary Critical Care Fellows during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Article • ATS Scholar, September 2023, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  22. Role of House Staff Association in graduate medical education: improving the clinical learning environment in teaching institutions—a national survey

    Article • Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  23. Role of automated detection of respiratory related heart rate changes in the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing

    Article • Frontiers in Sleep, June 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  24. Relationship between Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Sleep Disturbances in Syrian Refugees in the United States

    Article • Avicenna Journal of Medicine, April 2023, Thieme Publishing Group

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  25. Insomnia severity predicts depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans with spinal cord injury or disease: a cross-sectional observational study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  26. Role of nocturnal pulse rate variability in predicting clinical outcome for patients with OSA

    Article • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  27. Tetraplegia is associated with increased hypoxic ventilatory response during nonrapid eye movement sleep

    Article • Physiological Reports, September 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  28. Efficacy and toxicity of the DPCPX nanoconjugate drug study for the treatment of spinal cord injury in rats

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, August 2022, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  29. Impact of a Multimodal Simulation-based Curriculum on Endobronchial Ultrasound Skills

    Article • ATS Scholar, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  30. Does swallowing during sleep play a role in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea?

    Article • SLEEP, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  31. Cardiovascular Outcomes in Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Are We Under-estimating?

    Article • Frontiers in Neurology, March 2022, Frontiers

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  32. Effect of Zolpidem on nocturnal arousals and susceptibility to central sleep apnea

    Article • Sleep And Breathing, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  33. ‘We will never give up’: a qualitative study of ethical challenges Syrian health workers face in situations of extreme violence

    Article • Disasters, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  34. Corrigendum to “Determinants of all-cause in-hospital mortality among patients who presented with COVID-19 to a community teaching hospital in Michigan” [Heliyon 7 (12) (December 2021), Article e08566]

    Article • Heliyon, February 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  35. Determinants of all-cause in-hospital mortality among patients who presented with COVID-19 to a community teaching hospital in Michigan

    Article • Heliyon, December 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  36. Sustained A1 Adenosine Receptor Antagonist Drug Release from Nanoparticles Functionalized by a Neural Tracing Protein

    Article • ACS Chemical Neuroscience, October 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  37. Can Pulse Rate Responses Be a Metric of Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, July 2021, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  38. Mirtazapine reduces susceptibility to hypocapnic central sleep apnea in males with sleep-disordered breathing: a pilot study

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, July 2021, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  39. Does Heart Rate Play a Role in Cardiovascular Outcome in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, May 2021, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  40. Does buspirone ameliorate the susceptibility to central sleep apnea?

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, March 2021, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  41. ATS Core Curriculum 2020. Adult Sleep Medicine

    Article • ATS Scholar, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  42. Noninvasive Ventilation and Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Sleep Medicine Clinics, December 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  43. Buspirone decreases susceptibility to hypocapnic central sleep apnea in chronic SCI patients

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, October 2020, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  44. Communication Training in Adult and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. A Systematic Review

    Article • ATS Scholar, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  45. Effect of acetazolamide on susceptibility to central sleep apnea in chronic spinal cord injury

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2020, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  46. Sleep Disordered Breathing Induced by Cervical Spinal Cord Injury and Effect of Adenosine A1 Receptors Modulation in Rats

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, October 2019, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  47. Impact Of Spinal Cord Injury On Sleep: Current Perspectives

    Article • Nature and Science of Sleep, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Saf Badr, Abdulghani Sankari, Dr Abdulghani Sankari, Professor David J Berlowitz

  48. Longitudinal effect of nocturnal R-R intervals changes on cardiovascular outcome in a community-based cohort

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2019, BMJ

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  49. New Treatment Approaches and Prognostic Biomarkers for Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Potential Associated Cardiovascular Risks

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, April 2019, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  50. Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • CHEST Journal, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  51. Does auto-PAP work in patients with acute quadriplegia and sleep-disordered breathing?

    Article • Thorax, January 2019, BMJ

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  52. Nocturnal Swallowing and Arousal Threshold in Individuals with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2018, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  53. 1043 Pulmonary Function and Sleep Quality in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury and Disease

    Article • SLEEP, April 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  54. Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Spinal Cord Injury: Challenges and Opportunities

    Article • Current Sleep Medicine Reports, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  55. Nanoconjugate-bound adenosine A 1 receptor antagonist enhances recovery of breathing following acute cervical spinal cord injury

    Article • Experimental Neurology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  56. Who Needs Oxygen with Positive Airway Pressure Therapy?

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, January 2017, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  57. Characteristics and Consequences of Non-apneic Respiratory Events During Sleep

    Article • SLEEP, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  58. The Role of Lung Function in Adverse Health Outcomes Related to Sleep-disordered Breathing. New Insights into the Overlap Syndrome

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, October 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  59. Spinal cord injury is associated with enhanced peripheral chemoreflex sensitivity

    Article • Physiological Reports, September 2016, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  60. Noninvasive Ventilation and Clinical Outcome

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, August 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  61. The impact of war in Syria on the health care delivery

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, February 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  62. Can expiratory snoring predict chronic lung disease?

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, January 2016, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  63. Diagnosis of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients With Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  64. Respiratory recovery from chronic spinal cord injury is dependent on level of injury.

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2015, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  65. The Forgotten Era of Medical Discoveries

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, October 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  66. Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

    Article • Annals of the American Thoracic Society, September 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  67. Septic Shock, Community-acquired Pneumonia, New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation, and Intensive Care Unit Outcomes

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, September 2015, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  68. Breathing changes during transition from wakefulness to sleep

    Article • Physiological Reports, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  69. A retrospective review of sleep-disordered breathing, hypertenstion and cardiovascular diseases in spinal cord injury patients

    Article • Spinal Cord, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  70. Identification and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in chronic spinal cord injury

    Article • Spinal Cord, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  71. Corrigendum

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, October 2014, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  72. Corrigendum

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, October 2014, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  73. Erratum

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  74. Upper airway mechanics in chronic spinal cord injury during sleep

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, June 2014, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  75. Tetraplegia is a risk factor for central sleep apnea

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, February 2014, American Physiological Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  76. Sleep Disordered Breathing in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, January 2014, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  77. The impact of obesity on cardiac dysfunction in patients with sleep-disordered breathing

    Article • Sleep And Breathing, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari, Saf Badr

  78. Syrian field hospitals: A creative solution in urban military conflict combat in Syria

    Article • Avicenna Journal of Medicine, January 2013, Medknow

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  79. Effects of clonidine on breathing during sleep and susceptibility to central apnoea

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, January 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  80. Increased Susceptibility To Central Apnea In Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • May 2012, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  81. Effect Of Intrathoracic Airflow Obstruction In Patient With Asthma And Sleep Disorder Breathing

    Article • May 2012, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  82. Age-Related Alterations In Peripheral Chemosensitivity During NREM Sleep

    Article • May 2012, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  83. The Role Of O2 In The Control Of Breathing During Sleep In Cervical Spinal Cord Injury

    Article • May 2012, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  84. Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: Etiology and diagnosis

    Article • Avicenna Journal of Medicine, January 2012, Medknow

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  85. Evaluation report of health care services at the Syrian refugee camps in Turkey

    Article • Avicenna Journal of Medicine, January 2012, Medknow

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  86. The metrics of Syrian physicians′ brain drain to the United States

    Article • Avicenna Journal of Medicine, January 2012, Medknow

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  87. Hypocapnia is associated with increased upper airway expiratory resistance during sleep

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  88. What Is the Cause of the Loud Snoring—and What Should Be Done?

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, June 2011, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  89. Inhibition of ventilatory motor output increases expiratory retro palatal compliance during sleep

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  90. Sleep Disorders In Chronic Spinal Cord Injury, A Unique Phenotype Of Sleep-Disordered Breathing

    Article • May 2011, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  91. Influence Of Alpha 2 Receptors Agonist On Susceptibility To Hypocapnic Central Apnea During NREM Sleep In Healthy Individuals

    Article • May 2011, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  92. Effect Of Neuromuscular Activity On Upper Airway Mechanics During Sleep

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  93. Sudden Loss Of Vision In Left Eye In Lieu Of Uncontrolled Diabetes. Pieces Of A Puzzle&

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  94. Influence Of Obesity On Left Atrial Dimensions In Patients With Sleep Disordered Breathing

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  95. Gender Effect On Expiratory Upper Airway Resistance Under Eupnea And Hypocapnic Hypoxia During Sleep

    Article • May 2010, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  96. Aging Effect on Upper Airway Mechanics during NREM Sleep.

    Article • April 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari, Saf Badr

  97. Role of Expiratory Abdominal Muscles Activity in Maintaining Upper Airway Patency during Sleep.

    Article • April 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  98. Gender and Actual Body Weight Are Major Contributors for Increased Tidal Volume Use in Intensive Care Unit.

    Article • April 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  99. Accuracy of Pulse Oximetry in Mechanically Ventilated Adults.

    Article • April 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  100. Expiratory Pharyngeal Narrowing during Central Hypocapnic Hypopnea

    Article • American Review of Respiratory Disease, February 2009, American Thoracic Society

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  101. Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection With Intermediate Sensitivity to Vancomycin: A Case Report and Literature Review

    Article • Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, August 2008, SAGE Publications

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  102. Uterine sarcomatous extension

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  103. DIFFUSE MICRONODULAR PULMONARY CALCIFICATIONS IN A YOUNG FEMALE

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  104. Stress-related cardiomyopathy

    Article • Heart & Lung, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  105. REDUCED LUNG VOLUMES IN A RARE CASE OF CUSHING SYNDROME DUE TO THYMIC CARCINOID OF THE LUNG

    Article • CHEST Journal, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  106. The use of a predicted CPAP equation improves CPAP titration success

    Article • Sleep And Breathing, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  107. Lack of gender difference in ventilatory chemoresponsiveness and post-hypoxic ventilatory decline

    Article • Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  108. Changes in QT dispersion during adenosine infusion

    Article • Clinical Cardiology, October 2000, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari

  109. Staphylococcal pericarditis following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

    Article • Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, May 2000, Wiley

    Dr Abdulghani Sankari