Relationship between autonomic arousals, EEG arousals, respiratory events and subjective sleepiness in patients undergoing investigation for obstructive sleep apnoea

Daytime hypersomnolence is an important symptom of the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome and the most compelling reason for treatment. Measuring sleep fragmentation is thus critical in a respiratory sleep study. Sleep fragmentation can be estimated from respiratory events (apnoeas, hypopnoeas, dips in...

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Main Authors: Pitson, D, Stradling, JR
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1996