https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2004.695

Sleep disordered breathing following stroke

Vol. 61 No. 3 (2004): Pulmonary series
Submitted: February 29, 2016
Accepted: February 29, 2016
Published: September 30, 2004
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P.M. Turkington
Peter.Turkington@srht.nhs.uk
Departments of Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom.
M.W. Elliott
Departments of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom.
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the relationship between obstructive sleep apnoea and stroke. It is clear that many patients who have had a stroke have marked obstructive sleep apnoea. This is seen during recovery but also during the acute phase when transient hypoxaemia and the blood pressure swings associated with upper airway obstruction, may worsen the ischaemic penumbra of the area of the brain which is compromised, leading to a worse outcome. There is some evidence to support this hypothesis. This article explores these issues.

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Turkington, P.M., and M.W. Elliott. 2004. “Sleep Disordered Breathing Following Stroke”. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 61 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2004.695.

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