We present the polysamnogram assay (PSGA), a new representation format for the polysomnogram (PSG), designed to assist in the interpretation of overnight PSG studies. The technique condenses the PSG record by a factor...
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We present the polysamnogram assay (PSGA), a new representation format for the polysomnogram (PSG), designed to assist in the interpretation of overnight PSG studies. The technique condenses the PSG record by a factor of 30 while preserving the ability to portray PSG features of diagnostic relevance, including sleep architecture, arousals, movement, leg jerks, cyclic alternating pattern, and increased breathing effort. The PSGA patterns associated with these events are described and illustrated by examples. The new format considerably reduces the effort required to evaluate sleep quality and continuity, making it more practicable for the polysomnographer to interpret the entire overnight PSG study. The compressed time scale also facilitates analysis of relatively long PSG episodes and allows assessment of signal activity surrounding critical PSG events. The PSGA appears capable of improving identification of arousals, leg jerks, and upper airway resistance, and may be especially amenable for automatic analysis of PSG data (C) 2000 Academic Press.
Background and purpose: Hypoxemia can adversely affect ischemic brain tissue in laboratory animals. The aim of this study was to assess the Value of early continuous monitoring with pulse oximetry in detecting arteria...
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Background and purpose: Hypoxemia can adversely affect ischemic brain tissue in laboratory animals. The aim of this study was to assess the Value of early continuous monitoring with pulse oximetry in detecting arterial oxygen desaturations in patients with acute hemiparetic stroke, and the effects of oxygen administration. Methods: Over a period of 6 months 49 consecutive patients with acute hemiparetic stroke of less than or equal to 12 h duration were monitored for the first 48 h with pulse oximetry. Patients in whom arterial oxygen saturation (SaO(2)) fell beneath 96% for a period longer than 5 min were treated with oxygen administered via nasal prongs or oxygen mask. Results: Thirty-one patients (63.3%) developed arterial oxygen desaturations. Of these patients 28 could effectively be treated with oxygen up to a flow-rate of 5 l/min. Only 3 patients required higher oxygen concentrations from 6 to 10 l/min. No acute adverse effects of oxygen treatment were observed. All patients with a history of cardiac and pulmonary disease developed drops in SaO(2). The occurrence of arterial oxygen desaturations was related to stroke severity (P=0.024), the presence of dysphagia (P=0.047), and older age (P=0.037). Conclusion: Patients with acute hemiparetic stroke frequently develop arterial oxygen desaturations. Continuous monitoring with pulse oximetry in this group of patients is a simple and useful method to detect drops in SaO(2) and to titrate oxygen administration. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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