title: [Long-term analysis of respiration in sleep].
abstract: We completed polysomnography and complementary measurement of the oesophageal pressure and airflow in 6 subjects (2 volunteers, 4 patients with sleep-related breathing disorder). The evaluation of the physiological parameters of the breathing over the whole night showed a strong correlation between the pressure-time product and the work of breathing. Our results revealed distinct differences between the parameters of the breathing mechanics in volunteers versus in patients. The continuous long-term analysis of respiration during sleep may contribute to reveal further pathological mechanisms of the respiratory system.
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Deutschland.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schüttler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Juhász
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pankow
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Penzel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012984:Software; D014939:Work of Breathing / Q000502:physiology*