Publication details
Vyšetření poruch dýchání ve spánku od A do Z
| Title in English | Investigations of breathing disorders related to sleep from A to Z |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Kardiologická revue |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Field | Cardiovascular diseases incl. cardiosurgery |
| Keywords | poiygraphy; polysomnography; obstructive sleep apnoea; central sleep apnoea |
| Description | Sleep related breathing disorders occur in 30-70 % of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Yet our physicians and patients have only limited opportunities to establish the possibilities of diagnosis of sieep related breathing disorders and how such investigations are conducted. This article briefly describes the various investigative methods of sleep related breathing disorders (oximetry, polygraphy and polysomnography) and their advantages and limitations. It also details our ovvn experience with each of these methoda, as obtained by the professionals working in the Cardiovascular Sleep Research Centre. It also describes the actual course of each examination "step by step" and the methods of measurement and evaluation (scoring) of individual signals, together with practical examples of different types of sleep related breathing disorders obstructive, central and mixed sleep apnoea/hypopnoea. Additionaily, it states the basic criteria for treatment inclIcations for various forms of sleep apnoea. |