Sleepwalking precipitated by treatment of sleep apnea with nasal CPAP.
A 33-year-old man with a long history of snoring, observed apneic episodes, and excessive daytime sleepiness, underwent all-night polysomnography, which demonstrated severe obstructive sleep apnea. During the nasal CPAP trial, two episodes of sleepwalking were observed during a period of delta sleep rebound.
Millman
R P
RP
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
Kipp
G J
GJ
Carskadon
M A
MA
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012890:Sleep; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*; D012895:Sleep, REM; D013009:Somnambulism / Q000209:etiology*