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8838784

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-11-27
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to assess breathing patterns during sleep in patients with generalized mild myasthenia gravis. Fourteen patients (13 F; 1M, age range 20-40 years) in a stable clinical and functional state underwent a sleep questionnaire, baseline respiratory function tests and standard nocturnal polysomnography. All of the patients had normal daytime blood-gas values, except one who showed mild hypoxemia. No patient complained of disturbed sleep; six patients reported snoring. In five patients nocturnal polysomnography showed the occurrence of short and infrequent central apneas mainly during REM sleep, together with a drop in HbSaO2 levels of more than 5% of the baseline wakefulness value. Our data indicate that, in patients with mild generalized MG in a stable functional state, breathing pattern instability during sleep is infrequent and, when it occurs, is mild and mainly related to REM sleep.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0392-0461
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
589-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Breathing during sleep in myasthenia gravis.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto Neurologico C. Mondino, Università di Pavia, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial