Screening Strategies for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury in a Tertiary Care Rehabilitation Center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is frequent in patients with spinal-cord injury (SCI). However, SDB is frequently underdiagnosed due to limited access to diagnostic testing and knowledge about the condition. Moreover, SDB heterogeneity (sleep apnea, obstructive sleep apnea or central sleep apnea and nocturnal alveolar hypoventilation) implies complex evaluation of both nocturnal respiratory effort and hypercapnia. The aim of this study was to compare different screening strategies for an SDB diagnosis in patients with SCI.

Methods

This was a retrospective analysis of data from subjects with SCI followed up in a tertiary-care rehabilitation center with a specialized sleep unit. Subjective (questionnaires) and objective data (polysomnography [PSG]), [Formula: see t

SUBMITTER: Di Maria J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11349584 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature