Effects of body position on sleep related disordered breathing in a patient with Steinert's disease.
Sudden changes in respiratory patterns observed during polysomnographic studies may suggest a positional form of SAHS (sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome). We report the case of a 37-year-old patient with Steinert's disease with this form of SAHS. Breathing during sleep could be regularized by a simple positional control.
Pradella
M
M
Sleep Laboratory, St. Luc training Hospital, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Sunseri
M
M
Ferrière
G
G
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy / Q000150:complications*; D017286:Polysomnography; D011187:Posture; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology