Cognitive impairment and sleep disturbances after minor ischemic stroke.

CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of PSCI is high after minor ischemic stroke. In particular, attention and working memory and executive function are most commonly impaired. Although the risk factors for PSCI are numerous, shorter total sleep time and degree of hypoxia at night warrant further attention.
PMID: 30145676 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Sleep and Breathing - August 25, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Li J, You SJ, Xu YN, Yuan W, Shen Y, Huang JY, Xiong KP, Liu CF Tags: Sleep Breath Source Type: research