The therapeutic dilemma of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing

The therapeutic dilemma of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing

Intermittent vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can reduce the frequency of seizures in patients with refractory epilepsy, but can affect respiration in sleep. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can worsen seizure frequency. Unfortunately, OSA and VNS-induced sleep disordered breathing (SDB) may occ...

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Main Authors: Hinesh Upadhyay, Sushanth Bhat, Divya Gupta, Martha Mulvey, Sue Ming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
Subjects:
Epilepsy
obstructive sleep apnea
seizure
vagus nerve stimulator
Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2016;volume=11;issue=2;spage=151;epage=154;aulast=Upadhyay

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