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Complex sleep apnea after full-night and split-night polysomnography: the Greek experience

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Abstract

Purpose

Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea (TE-CSA) is defined as the emergence or persistence of central respiratory events during the initiation of positive airway pressure (PAP) without a back-up rate in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients and after significant resolution of obstructive events. Previous studies have estimated a prevalence from 0.56 to 20.3%. The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of TE-CSA in a Greek adult population.

Methods

One thousand fifty nine patients with newly diagnosed OSA, who were referred to the Sleep Disorders Center of Evangelismos Hospital of Athens over an 18-month period, were included in this study. A split-night polysomnography (PSG), or two formal overnight PSGs (diagnostic and continuous PAP (CPAP) titration study), were performed.

Results

Patients with OSA were divided in two groups; the first group included 277 patients, who underwent two separate studies (diagnostic and CPAP titration study), and the second group 782 patients, who underwent split-night studies. The prevalence of TE-CSA in the first group was 2.53% (7 patients), and in the second group was 5.63% (44 patients).

Conclusions

The prevalence of TE-CSA in Greece was lower compared to most previous reported studies. The significant variation in the prevalence of TE-CSA between different centers throughout the world is mainly associated with the used diagnostic criteria as well as methodological and technical aspects.

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  1. Critical Care and Pulmonary Services, Sleep Disorders Center, University of Athens Medical School, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Katerina Baou, Aliki Minaritzoglou & Emmanouil Vagiakis

  2. Sleep Disorders Center, Henry Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Charalampos Mermigkis

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Baou, K., Mermigkis, C., Minaritzoglou, A. et al. Complex sleep apnea after full-night and split-night polysomnography: the Greek experience. Sleep Breath 22, 713–719 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-017-1601-7

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