The therapeutic dilemma of vagus nerve stimulator-induced sleep disordered breathing

Intermittent vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) can reduce the frequency of seizures in patients with refractory epilepsy, but can affect respiration in sleep. Untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can worsen seizure frequency. Unfortunately, OSA and VNS-induced sleep disordered breathing (SDB) may occ...

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Autores principales: Upadhyay, Hinesh, Bhat, Sushanth, Gupta, Divya, Mulvey, Martha, Ming, Sue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168865
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.180025

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4854063/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27168865
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.180025

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