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- Title
Respiración de Cheyne-Stokes y bruxismo severo documentada por polisomnografía que mejora con la administración de oxígeno a 1 L/min.
- Authors
BASTIDAS, ALIRIO R.; GIRALDO, LUIS FERNANDO; BENAVIDES, MATEO; GARCÍA, RAFAEL
- Abstract
The case of a 59 year old female diagnosed with anoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, who is in a persistent vegetative state and secondary epilepsy difficult to control, who in the course of her clinical evolution develops central sleep apnea with apnea hypopnea index (AHI) of 87.86 / h with Cheyne-Stokes pattern and severe bruxism documented by polysomnography, alterations that improved after administration of oxygen by nasal cannula at 1 L / min., is presented. The association of bruxism with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and the simultaneous and complete response of the two alterations to the administration of supplemental oxygen has not been reported previously.
- Subjects
CHEYNE-Stokes respiration; BRUXISM; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PERSISTENT vegetative state; HYPOXEMIA
- Publication
Acta Medica Colombiana, 2014, Vol 39, Issue 4, p388
- ISSN
0120-2448
- Publication type
Case Study