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Re: Apnea worse with CPAP
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 5:49 am
by deltadave
SleepingUgly wrote:saltyk9 wrote:
PLM Arousals - 10. 1.9 Index
LM Arousals - 22. 4.3 Index.
So on average you're having 1.9 arousals per hour from PLMS, which is not abnormal. I don't know what LM Arousals means. Some would say that if you're having so few arousals from PLMS, they are not clinically significant; others would disagree.
Who would disagree?
Re: Apnea worse with CPAP
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:48 am
by SleepingUgly
Re: Apnea worse with CPAP
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 5:04 am
by deltadave
Periodic Limb Movements are Associated With Disturbed Sleep, Birgit Högl, M.D.. Department of Neurology, Sleep Disorders Centre, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Dr. Hogl is on the speakers’ bureau for GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelhiem, Cephalon, and Novartis; she is on the advisory board of GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelhiem, Schwarz Pharma, and UCB.
Yeah, with Mirapex manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim and Requip manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, I can see where she might.
A better reference might be the AASM Practice Parameter on PLMs and RLS from 2004 (also refer to 1999 for additional comments).
http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=24120
http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/Practi ... LSPLMD.pdf
http://www.aasmnet.org/Resources/Practi ... LSPLMD.pdf
Re: Apnea worse with CPAP
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:47 am
by saltyk9
SleepingUgly wrote:saltyk9 wrote:
I think bruxism is a red flag for SDB. Any "alpha intrusions"? That's another red flag.
What are "alpha intrusions"?