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Vyšetření poruch dýchání ve spánku od A do Z

Title in English Investigations of breathing disorders related to sleep from A to Z
Authors

BĚLEHRAD Miloš KÁRA Tomáš MATUŠKA Pavel KLIČKOVÁ Hana NEČASOVÁ Erika KOŠŤÁLOVÁ Jana HRUBÁ Ilona NOVÁK Miloslav LEINVEBER Pavel HOMOLKA Pavel SOUČEK Filip LUDKA Ondřej MORÁŇ Miroslav JURÁK Pavel VÍTOVEC Jiří SOUČEK Miroslav

Year of publication 2013
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Kardiologická revue
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

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.

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