Sleep apnoea in diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy.
Breathing during sleep was monitored in 8 diabetic patients with objective evidence of autonomic neuropathy and in 8 diabetic patients without neuropathy. Thirty or more periods of apnoea lasting 10 seconds or longer during one night's sleep were demonstrated in 3 of the diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy. Such apnoeic periods may be related to the high incidence of cardiorespiratory arrests reported in such patients, particularly in association with anaesthesia or pneumonia.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*