Prevalence of cognitive impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Autor: V Tamilarasan, Syed Zulkharnain Tousheed, Murali Mohan, Ravi Chandra Malapaka, Chandrashekar Sagar, P.H. Manjunath, Vellaichamy M Annapandian, Hemanth Kumar, Divya Sadana, Ranganatha Ramanjaneya
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
Popis: Aim: To study the prevalence of neurocognitive impairment and its association with the severity of OSA in untreated OSA patients from India. Materials and Methods: Forty Seven polysomnography (PSG) proven OSA patients were compared with 47 age, gender and education matched controls without OSA on the NIMHANS validated neurocognitive battery and their respiratory parameters obtained from PSG were analyzed. Results: Of the 15 cognitive function tests, a greater number of errors (>6 errors) were seen in OSA patients compared to controls (45% vs 2%; p
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