Sleep apnoea in diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy1
P J Rees,G M Cochrane,J G Prior,T J H Clark;P J Rees;G M Cochrane;J G Prior;T J H Clark;
journal of the royal society of medicine1981Vol. 74pp. 192-195
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clark1981journalsleep
Abstract
Breathing during sleep was monitored in 8 diabetic patients with objective evidence of autonomic neuropathy and in 8 diabetic patients without neuropathy. Thirty or more periods of apnoea lasting 10 seconds or longer during one night's sleep were demonstrated in 3 of the diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy. Such apnoeic periods may be related to the high incidence of cardiorespiratory arrests reported in such patients, particularly in association with anaesthesia or pneumonia.