Impact of vagus nerve stimulation on sleep-related breathing disorders in adults with epilepsy.
CONCLUSION: Despite the relatively modest clinical impact on epilepsy, in view of the associated cardiovascular risk factor development, easy treatment, and the relatively high SAS prevalence, routine screening for SAS before and after VNS implantation may represent a reasonable practice.
PMID: 29287215 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Epilepsy and Behaviour - Category: Neurology Authors: Salvadé A, Ryvlin P, Rossetti AO Tags: Epilepsy Behav Source Type: research
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