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Sleep Apnea
Lack of Cerebral Oxygenation May Cause Neuropsychological Damage
September 9th, 2000
Insufficient brain tissue oxygenation may be the cause of cerebral neuropsychological damage seen in sleep apnea patients. "Patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) suffer from neuropsychological deficits, presumably as a result of sleep fragmentation and/or recurrent oxygen desaturations," explained A. Valipour and colleagues in their report, "Cerebral Oxygenation in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea," presented at the 96th International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Valipour et al. studied nine OSA patients, using infrared spatially resolved spectroscopy to measure the ratio of oxygenated...
Source: Pain & Central Nervous System Week (2000-09-09)
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