Hemodynamic response on sleep disordered breathing in obese subjects: Differences between N2 and REM stage

Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that the combination of IH and reduced mean oxygen saturation but not IH alone is associated with increased BPvalues during sleep bothN2 andREM sleep. A novel finding is the fact, that patients with this combination show an increased cardiac output at least in N2sleep.These results will have to be confirmed by a higher number of included patients.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - October 30, 2015 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Grencho, D., Staats, R., Pereira, C., Fernandes, D., Moreira, S. Tags: 4.2 Sleep and Control of Breathing Source Type: research