title: [Polysomnographic diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome].
abstract: All night polysomnographic studies performed in 149 patients with OSA syndrome revealed marked disturbances of the sleep structure and the disorders of breathing during sleep: obstructive apneas in all patients, hypopneas in 25% and central apneas in 12%. The mean apnea index was 68 +/- 29, the mean percent of sleep time spent in apnea 50 +/- 21%. The typical obstructive apnea duration was 25 +/- 7s in NON REM sleep and 40 +/- 34s in REM sleep. The longest obstructive apnea duration was 48 +/- 24s in NON REM sleep and 71 +/- 42s in REM sleep. During obstructive apneas the typical arterial oxygen saturation was 82 +/- 9% in NON REM sleep and 71 +/- 17% in REM sleep; the lowest arterial oxygen saturation was 73 +/- 14% in NON REM sleep and 62 +/- 21% in REM sleep. Forty six percent of patients had apnea-related cardiac arrhythmias or conduction disturbances.
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authors.lastname: Brzecka
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004568:Electrodiagnosis / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Polisomnograficzna diagnostyka zespołu obturacyjnego bezdechu śródsennego.