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Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports
Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports 1/2015

01-01-2015 | Stroke (HP Adams, Section Editor)

Sleep Apnea and Stroke

Author: Antonio Culebras

Published in: Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Clinical evidence has established that sleep apnea is a risk factor for stroke. Patients with stroke have a high prevalence of sleep apnea that may have preceded or developed as a result of the stroke. Well-established concurrent stroke risk factors for stroke like hypertension and atrial fibrillation respond favorably to the successful treatment of sleep apnea. The gold standard diagnosis of sleep apnea is obtained in the sleep laboratory, but unattended polysomnography is gaining acceptance. Positive airway pressure (PAP) (continuous positive airway pressure [CPAP] or bilevel positive airway pressure [BiPAP]) applications are the gold-standard treatment of sleep apnea. Suggestive evidence indicates that stroke occurrence or recurrence may be reduced with treatment of sleep apnea.
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Metadata
Title
Sleep Apnea and Stroke
Author
Antonio Culebras
Publication date
01-01-2015
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1528-4042
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6293
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11910-014-0503-3

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