Does arousal frequency predict daytime function?

Does arousal frequency predict daytime function?

Patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) have impaired daytime function with demonstrable sleepiness and impaired cognition. The hypothesis that brief arousals from sleep cause these daytime impairments was tested. One hundred and fifty patients with sleep disordered breathing were s...

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Veröffentlicht in:The European respiratory journal 1998-12, Vol.12 (6), p.1264-1270
Hauptverfasser: Kingshott, RN, Engleman, HM, Deary, IJ, Douglas, NJ
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Arousal
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Oxygen - blood
Polysomnography
Prospective Studies
Psychomotor Performance
Quality of Life
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - blood
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - physiopathology
Sleep Apnea Syndromes - psychology
Sleep Stages
Upper respiratory tract, upper alimentary tract, paranasal sinuses, salivary glands: diseases, semeiology
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Zusammenfassung:Patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) have impaired daytime function with demonstrable sleepiness and impaired cognition. The hypothesis that brief arousals from sleep cause these daytime impairments was tested. One hundred and fifty patients with sleep disordered breathing were studied prospectively, comparing overnight polysomnography with daytime measures of objective sleepiness, psychological well-being and cognitive performance. Significant, but weak (r2
ISSN:0903-1936
1399-3003
DOI:10.1183/09031936.98.12061264