Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off

We present a young 21-year-old male with drug-resistant epilepsy who developed vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)-induced severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Severe OSA resolved after the VNS was turned off.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Gurung, Puja, Nene, Yash, Sivaraman, Manjamalai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Family/General Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190458
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6901
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description We present a young 21-year-old male with drug-resistant epilepsy who developed vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)-induced severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Severe OSA resolved after the VNS was turned off.
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spelling pubmed-70617732020-03-18 Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off Gurung, Puja Nene, Yash Sivaraman, Manjamalai Cureus Family/General Practice We present a young 21-year-old male with drug-resistant epilepsy who developed vagus nerve stimulator (VNS)-induced severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Severe OSA resolved after the VNS was turned off. Cureus 2020-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7061773/ /pubmed/32190458 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6901 Text en Copyright © 2020, Gurung et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gurung, Puja
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Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title_full Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title_fullStr Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title_full_unstemmed Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title_short Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS)-induced Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Which Resolved After the VNS Was Turned Off
title_sort vagus nerve stimulator (vns)-induced severe obstructive sleep apnea which resolved after the vns was turned off
topic Family/General Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7061773/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32190458
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.6901
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