Value of beat-to-beat blood pressure changes, detected by pulse transit time, in the management of the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome.

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Two important aspects of a respiratory sleep study are a measure of inspiratory effort and an estimate of the number of arousals. These can be derived from an indirect estimate of beat-to-beat blood pressure (BP), pulse transit time (PTT). This study investigated the reproducibility of inspiratory BP falls (reflecting inspiratory effort), and BP arousals derived from PTT, and the contribution they could make to the management of the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS). Overnig...

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Authors: Pitson, D; Stradling, JR

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European respiratory journal
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 685-692
• Publication date: 1998-09-01
• DOI: 10.1183/09031936.98.12030685
• EISSN: 1399-3003
• ISSN: 0903-1936
• Language: English
• Keywords: ROC Curve; Monitoring, Physiologic; Pulse; Adult; Blood Pressure Determination; Hypoventilation; Male; Sleep Apnea Syndromes; Polysomnography; Electroencephalography; Severity of Illness Index; Aged; Respiratory Physiological Phenomena; Blood Pressure; Middle Aged; Female; Reproducibility of Results; Humans