Polysomnography
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

High prevalence of abnormal nocturnal oximetry in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Nov 2009 OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the prevalence of nocturnal oxygen desaturation and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a population of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). BACKGROUND: The coexistence of sleep apnea and HCM, 2 common ... Read more...

Triggering of nocturnal arrhythmias by sleep-disordered breathing events.

Nov 2009 OBJECTIVES: This study sought to evaluate respiratory disturbances as potential triggers for arrhythmia in patients with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). BACKGROUND: SDB is associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation and nonsustained ... Read more...

Effects of alcohol and sleep restriction on simulated driving performance in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

4 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Because of previous sleep disturbance and sleep hypoxia, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) might be more vulnerable to the effects of alcohol and sleep restriction than healthy persons. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Polysomnography'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Obstructive sleep apnea a respiratory syndrome with protean cardiovascular manifestations. Nov 2009
• High prevalence of abnormal nocturnal oximetry in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Nov 2009
• Triggering of nocturnal arrhythmias by sleep-disordered breathing events. Nov 2009
• Effects of alcohol and sleep restriction on simulated driving performance in untreated patients with obstructive sleep apnea. 4 Oct 2009
• Clinical foundation for efficient treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. 29 Sep 2009
• Sleep medicine. 29 Sep 2009
• The effect of gender on compensatory neuromuscular response to upper airway obstruction in normal subjects under midazolam general anesthesia. 29 Sep 2009
• Obstructive sleep apnea is not a risk factor for difficult intubation in morbidly obese patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Actigraphy: a valuable diagnostic tool or a luxury investigation? (Neuropsychiatric aspects). 28 Sep 2009
• [Sleep-related movement disorders] 22 Sep 2009
• Cortical firing and sleep homeostasis. 22 Sep 2009
• Changes in rapid eye movement sleep associated with placebo-induced expectations and analgesia. 21 Sep 2009
• Sleep disturbance in persistent allergic rhinitis measured using actigraphy. 30 Aug 2009
• Regional ventilation distribution in non-sedated spontaneously breathing newborns and adults is not different. 30 Aug 2009
• Nocturnal cough in children with stable cystic fibrosis. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of patients with REM sleep disordered breathing. 30 Aug 2009
• [Deficiency of REM sleep in a patient with pontine cavernous hemangioma] 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of Hispanic ethnicity in prevalence of diabetes mellitus in sleep apnea and relationship to sleep phase. 30 Aug 2009
• Narcolepsy with long sleep time: a specific entity? 30 Aug 2009
• Does the circadian modulation of dream recall modify with age? 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Polysomnography'

Definition: Simultaneous and continuous monitoring of relevant normal and abnormal physiological activity during sleep. (Stedman, 25th ed)

Descriptor UI: D017286

Alternative terms: Polysomnography; Polysomnographies; Monitoring, Sleep; Sleep Monitoring; Somnography; Somnographies;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; drug effects; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; radiation effects; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.520.625;

History Note: 93

Technical Notes: recording physiol activity during sleep; /drug eff /rad eff permitted; do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: POLYSOMNOGR