Is Tourette syndrome a cause of sudden infant death syndrome and childhood obstructive sleep apnea?

The cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is unknown. Sleep-related impairment of respiratory control and arousal are postulated; hyperdopaminergic and hyposerotonergic dysfunction may contribute to events leading to infant apnea and SIDS. Psychosocial adversity and impulsive and compulsive behaviours characterize some families of SIDS victims. Tourette syndrome (TS) is a common hereditary neurobehavioral disorder characterized by the frequent presence of impulsive and compulsive behaviors. Sleep disorders are common and include sleep apnea and abnormal arousal. Hyperdopaminergic and hyposerotonergic abnormalities are postulated to contribute to the pathophyusiology of the disorder. The following is a report of the presence of incidents of infant apnea and SIDS in families in which TS was present. In an additional TS family, a child had obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Results of a preliminary survey suggest that TS gene carriers are at increased risk of life-threatening apneas of infancy and that the prevalence of SIDS in such families may be 2 to 5 times the prevalence in the general population. The presence in some pedigrees of sleep apnea in children and adults suggest that in some instances disorders of sleep-related ventilatory control and arousal occurring throughout the life-span share common pathophysiological mechanisms. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.     

Behavioral control of abnormal breathing in sleep

Behavioral control of abnormal breathing in sleep was studied to determine if an intervention procedure could reduce apnea duration and also SaO ₂ (blood oxygen) desaturation levels. Sleep apnea patients (n=11) were instructed while awake that tones would be presented in sleep whenever an apnea event occurred. They were told to breathe deeply to the tones and were given practice in doing so. Intervention and nonintervention hours alternated across 2 nights following 2 baseline nights. As expected, during the intervention hours, the duration but not the frequency of apneic events was reduced. The procedure also resulted in higher SaO ₂ levels during the intervention hours. Daytime sleepiness was not greater following intervention but sleep staging effects were observed. The results are sufficiently promising to warrant additional research.This research was supported by NIH Grants 2 HL 27149-84 and HL 34125 entitled Behavioral Control of Respiration in Sleep.     

Daytime variation in performance and tiredness/sleepiness ratings in patients with insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea and normal controls

Daytime tiredness or sleepiness and deficits in cognitive performance are common complaints in sleep disordered patients. Till now there are few studies comparing patients from different diagnostic groups of sleep disorders in the same experimental protocol. We studied the time course of cognitive functions and subjective alertness in a parallel group design with four groups of patients [narcolepsy, untreated or treated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), or psychophysiological insomnia] and a control group of subjects without sleep complaints. Each group consisted of 10 subjects, matched for age and gender. After a night with polysomnography, subjects were studied for 10 h from 08:00 hours to 18:00 hours at 20 min intervals under standardized environmental conditions. Four psychological tests were applied, (1) a critical flicker fusion (CFF) test to measure optical fusion threshold (alertness); (2) a paper-and-pencil visual line tracking test (selective attention); (3) a visual analog scale (VAS) for tiredness/sleepiness; and (4) the Tiredness Symptoms Scale (TSS), a 14 items check list. Each test session lasted for 8 min, followed by a 12 min pause. The level and time course of cognitive performance and self-rating data were analysed with hierarchical linear mixed effects models. Cognitive tests showed decrements in alertness and selective attention in untreated patients with insomnia, narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. Narcoleptic patients and untreated OSA had a lower CFF threshold than controls, and for narcoleptic patients the time course differed from that of all other groups. In the visual tracking test the performance of all groups of patients was worse compared with normal controls. Self-rated tiredness/sleepiness was significantly more pronounced in the three groups of untreated patients than in control subjects.     

正常成人上呼吸道CT测量及其意义

目的：确定正常人的上呼吸道CT扫描下各平面的横截面积、经线长度以及咽壁厚度，为临床服务。方法：无明显睡眠呼吸疾病史的成年人（男115、女110），采用Philips Tomoscan AV Expander E1螺旋CT，对鼻咽顶部到声门之间的区域进行连续扫描，测量软腭后区、悬雍垂后区、舌后区和会厌后区的气道横截面积、失状径、冠状径、咽侧壁和咽后壁软组织厚度，以单侧95％可信区间确定各测量指标的参考值。结果：在上呼吸道各个扫描平面，绝大多数气道的形状均为横椭圆形，冠状径大于失状径，在软腭后区、悬雍垂后区、舌后区和会厌后区中，失状径大于冠状径者分别占总人数的3．11％、10．67％、0．8％和0％。各年龄组间比较，绝大多数测量指标差异不显著，男子组和女子组间比较，除软腭后区外，大多数测量指标差异显著。故分别制定了男、女各测量指标的还范围。结论：成人上呼吸道CT测量以及正常范围的确定为临床判定OSAS患者上呼吸道解剖性狭窄的部位提供了客观依据，男性OSAS发病率明显高于女性有其相关的生理基础。     

Periodic breathing and genetics

The episodic waxing and waning of ventilation is a fundamental event in sleep apnea syndromes. Post-hypoxic frequency decline (PHFD) and periodic breathing (PB) are evoked by brief hypoxic exposures in unanaesthetized and unrestrained inbred C57BL/6J mice, but not in A/J mice; and expression of PHFD differs not only among these mice strains but in among rat strains as well. These observations along with the current literature on genetic factors that operate on ventilatory behavior at rest and with chemosensory drive lead to the hypothesis that genetic factors infer some proportion of risk for the ventilatory instability observed in human sleep apnea syndromes.     

莫达非尼联合BiPAP呼吸机治疗慢性阻塞性肺疾病合并睡眠呼吸暂停综合征的临床疗效

目的:评价莫达非尼联合双水平气道正压通气(BiPAP)在治疗慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)合并睡眠呼吸暂停综合征(OSAS)的临床疗效。方法:选取在医院接受治疗的93例COPD合并OSAS患者,根据治疗方案的不同将其分为对照组(41例)和观察组(52例),对照组采用常规药物联合BiPAP治疗;观察组在对照组的基础上口服莫达非尼。记录两组正压通气时间及不良反应情况,比较两组治疗前后血氧分压(PaO₂)、血二氧化碳分压(PaCO₂)、用力肺活量(FVC)、第1秒用力呼气容积(FEV1)、FEV1与FVC的比值(FEV1/FVC)、呼吸暂停指数(AHI)、总睡眠时间、最低氧饱和度和Epworth睡眠量表(ESS)评分的改善情况。结果:对照组和观察组患者治疗后的AHI、总睡眠时间、最低氧饱和度及ESS评分均较治疗前有显著改善,差异有统计学意义(t_对照组=21.187,t=6.155,t=7.648,t=29.947;t_观察组=22.380,t=7.931,t=8.168,t=37.593;P<0.05),观察组患者总睡眠时间及ESS评分均显著低于对照组,差异有统计学意义(t=2.315,t=14.232;P<0.05)。对照组和观察组患者治疗后1周和4周与治疗前相比,PaO₂有显著升高,Pa CO₂则有明显降低,差异有统计学意义(F对照组=29.947,F=36.147;F_观察组=27.533,F=34.580;P<0.05),而两组比较差异无统计学意义。对照组和观察组患者治疗后1周和4周的FVC、FEV1及FEV1/FVC通气指标均较治疗前有显著改善(F对照组=16.506,F=40.570,F=59.220;F_观察组=19.680,F=43.962,F=61.728;P<0.05),而两组比较差异无统计学意义。观察组和对照组不良反应发生率分别为19.2%(10/52)和7.3%(3/41),而两组比较差异无统计学意义。结论:对于COPD合并OSAS患者,呼吸机BiPAP模式可显著改善肺功能及肺通气相关指标,莫达非尼能提升睡眠质量,减轻白天的嗜睡症状,且未出现明显不良反应。     

夜间最低血氧饱和度联合睡眠相关量表筛查儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停的应用

目的 评价夜间最低血氧饱和度(LSaO₂)联合OSA-18量表和针对儿童的改良版Epworth嗜睡量表(ESS-CHAD)初筛儿童阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)的准确性,以探讨更简便、快捷、可行的基层医院初筛疑似儿童OSA的方法。方法 纳入2020年8月13日—2021年2月8日就诊于本院耳鼻咽喉头颈外科睡眠监测中心完成整夜多导睡眠监测的儿童139例作回顾性分析研究,其家长在医生协助下完成OSA-18量表和ESS-CHAD。分析LSaO₂和两种量表及三者联合早期初筛疑似儿童OSA的诊断价值。结果 LSaO₂预测儿童是否患OSA的最佳界值为90.5%(P<0.00, AUC=0.82)。OSA-18和ESS-CHAD依据不同界值分别诊断儿童OSA的灵敏度最高,分别为74.8%、22.7%。LSaO₂/OSA-18,LSaO₂/ESS-CHAD、OSA-18/ESS-CHAD诊断儿童OSA的灵敏度最高,分别为88.2%、68.1%、77.3%。 结论 LSaO₂有诊断儿童OSA的临床价值,OSA-18量表较ESS-CHAD初筛疑似儿童OSA有更高的灵敏度,但特异度低,LSaO₂联合OSA-18量表诊断儿童OSA的灵敏度、特异度均较其他联合诊断方式高。在无法进行睡眠监测的基层医院可考虑应用LSaO₂ 与OSA-18量表结合的方式初步筛查儿童OSA。     

阻塞性呼吸睡眠暂停综合征与中枢呼吸驱动

目的阐明不同浓度的CO     

A capnography and transcutaneous CO2 profile of bariatric patients during early postoperative period after opioid-sparing anesthesia

BackgroundNoninvasive monitoring of partial pressure of carbon dioxide can be accomplished indirectly with capnography (P_ETCO₂) or with transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring (P_TCCO₂). The use of capnography has been shown to offer an advantage over pulse oximetry alone in the early detection of adverse respiratory events when supplemental oxygen is administered. Furthermore, capnography allows for the monitoring of various respiratory measures, including end-tidal carbon dioxide, respiratory rate, tidal volume, and changes in breathing patterns. Transcutaneous CO₂ also closely approximates arterial CO₂ values, but is not as easy to monitor for prolonged periods. The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of capnography and of transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring in patients recovering from obesity surgery at high risk of developing postoperative obstructive sleep apnea.MethodsIn a prospective observational study, 64 bariatric surgery patients at risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea were monitored in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) with either capnography alone (31 patients) or capnography plus transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring (33 additional patients) every 3–5 minutes for the duration of their recovery. Primary endpoints included end-tidal and transcutaneous carbon dioxide, peripheral oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, pain scores, and incidence of adverse respiratory events.ResultsAlthough no adverse pulmonary events were observed, capnography detected several patients who experienced short periods of respiratory apnea while maintaining pulse oximetry readings within normal limits. Transcutaneous values were slow to change and averaged 4.5 ± 5.5 mm Hg (P < .05) higher than corresponding end-tidal measurements.ConclusionsThese results indicate the capabilities of both these noninvasive techniques for postoperative monitoring. Capnography acutely monitors changes in respiration, whereas transcutaneous monitoring more accurately reflects arterial CO₂ levels.     

Obstructive sleep apnea remission following bariatric surgery: a national registry cohort study

BackgroundObstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is strongly associated with metabolic syndrome. Bariatric surgery is an effective available treatment for OSA; however, limited research predicts which patients undergoing bariatric surgery will undergo OSA resolution.ObjectivesTo determine perioperative predictors for OSA resolution following bariatric surgery using a national database.SettingUnited Kingdom national bariatric surgery database.MethodsThe UK National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR) was interrogated to identify all patients with OSA that underwent primary bariatric surgery between January 2009 and June 2017. Those with at least 1 follow-up recording postoperative OSA status were selected for further analysis. Demographic, pre- and postoperative outcomes were collected and analyzed. Poisson multivariate regression was conducted to identify predictors of OSA remission.ResultsA total of 4015 bariatric cases were eligible for inclusion: 2482 (61.8%) patients underwent laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB), 1196 (29.8%) sleeve gastrectomy (LSG), and 337 (8.4%) adjustable gastric banding (LAGB). Overall, the mean excess weight loss (EWL) % for the whole group was 61.2 (SD ± 27.2). OSA resolution was recorded in 2377 (59.2%) patients. Following Poisson regression, LRYGB (risk ratio [RR], 1.49 confidence interval [CI] 1.25–1.78) and LSG (RR, 1.46 [CI 1.22–1.75] were associated with approximately 50% increased likelihood of OSA remission compared with LAGB. Greater weight loss following intervention was associated with greater likelihood of OSA remission, while both greater age and greater preoperative body mass index (BMI) were associated with reduced likelihood of OSA remission (P < .001).ConclusionThis study demonstrated that metabolic surgery results in OSA remission in the majority of patients with obesity. Younger age, lower BMI preprocedure, greater %EWL and the use of LSG or LRYGB positively predicted OSA remission.