title: Ambulatory monitoring in sleep apnoea presenting with nocturnal episodic phenomena.
abstract: Episodic nocturnal phenomena represent a separate cluster of disturbances within the classification of sleep disorders. The reported case history covers paroxysmal signs occurring secondary to a REM-dependent mixed sleep apnoea syndrome. The pathophysiology of similar episodes in elderly (non)epileptic patients is discussed. Ambulatory monitoring is an appropriate technique for investigation if respiratory and motor activity, and EEG and ECG are recorded simultaneously.
authors: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: van Sweden
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Kemp
authors: J G
authors: JG
authors: van Dijk
authors: H A
authors: HA
authors: Kamphuisen
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology