Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Is Associated with Deficits in Verbal but Not Visual Memory

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Is Associated with Deficits in Verbal but Not Visual Memory

Although cognitive deficits are well documented in patients with sleep apnea, the impact on memory remains unclear. To test the hypotheses that (1) patients with obstructive sleep apnea have memory impairment and (2) memory impairment is commensurate with disease severity. Patients with obstructive...

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Veröffentlicht in:American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2010-07, Vol.182 (1), p.98-103
Hauptverfasser: TWIGG, Gillian L, PAPAIOANNOU, Loannis, JACKSON, Melinda, GHIASSI, Ramesh, SHAIKH, Zarrin, JAYE, Jay, GRAHAM, Kim S, SIMONDS, Anita K, MORRELL, Mary J
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma
Cognitive ability
Female
G. Sleep and Control of Ventilation
Health care
Humans
Hypotheses
Intensive care medicine
Male
Mann-Whitney U test
Medical sciences
Memory
Memory Disorders - etiology
Mental Recall
Patients
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Pneumology
Polysomnography
Regression analysis
Semantics
Sleep apnea
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive - complications
Verbal Learning
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Zusammenfassung:Although cognitive deficits are well documented in patients with sleep apnea, the impact on memory remains unclear. To test the hypotheses that (1) patients with obstructive sleep apnea have memory impairment and (2) memory impairment is commensurate with disease severity. Patients with obstructive sleep apnea and healthy volunteers (apnea-hypopnea index
ISSN:1073-449X
1535-4970
DOI:10.1164/rccm.200901-0065OC