A Potential Novel Mechanism for Vagus Nerve Stimulator-Related Central Sleep Apnea

The treatment of epilepsy with vagus nerve stimulation can inadvertently cause obstructive and central sleep apnea (CSA). The mechanism for CSA seen in patients with a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) is not fully known. We describe the case of a 13-year-old girl in whom VNS activation induced tachypnea...

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Autores principales: Forde, Inga C., Mansukhani, Meghna P., Kolla, Bhanu Prakash, Kotagal, Suresh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28961186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4100086

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28961186
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children4100086

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