title: Pearls and oy-sters: reversible Ondine's curse in a case of lateral medullary infarction.
abstract: Ondine's curse is an eponym that refers to central alveolar apnea/hypopnea observed among patients with acquired or congenital brainstem disorders. This condition results in loss of automatic and/or voluntary respiration with characteristic polysomnographic finding of impaired ventilator responses to hypercapnia and sleep apnea, which are more pronounced during non-REM sleep, less in REM sleep, and least during wakefulness.
authors.affiliation: SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital, Syracuse, NY, USA. mendozam@upstate.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendoza
authors.forename: Julius Gene
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Latorre
mesh_terms: D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed