title: Detection of sleep apnea during standard ambulatory cassette EEG recording for seizures: two case reports.
abstract: Two cases are reported of A/EEG recordings performed for the evaluation of seizures. Marked fragmentation of nocturnal sleep, which produces a "noisy" record on the rapid playback visual/analogue auditory playback technique, led to a clinical suspicion of sleep apnea, later confirmed by polysomnography.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatory Cassette EEG Laboratory, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McNamara
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*