Mohamed Estai, Jennifer Walsh, Kathleen Maddison, Kelly Shepherd, David Hillman, Nigel McArdle, Vanessa Baker, Stuart King, Zeena Al-Obaidi, Ahmad Bamagoos, Reece Parry, Claire Langdon, Robyn Trzaskowski, Geraldine Harris, Kim Brookes, David Blacker, Peter R Eastwood
This study examined the nature and characteristics of sleep-disordered breathing, including obstructive sleep apnea and central sleep apnea, in patients with post-stroke dysphagia, to determine the demographic, anthropometric and clinical variables that were associated with sleep-disordered breathing. Thirty-nine patients diagnosed with acute stroke (28 males and 11 females with a mean age of 72.3 ± 10.0 years) underwent overnight polysomnography (within 3.9 ± 1.6 days after admission). Sleep-disordered breathing was described by the apnea-hypopnea index and its obstructive and central components by the obstructive apnea-hypopnea index and central apnea-hypopnea index, respectively...
August 27, 2020: Journal of Sleep Research