Obstructive sleep apnoea: clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment
Obstructive sleep apnoea: clinical signs, diagnosis and treatment
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DOI:
10.1093/ndt/gfn510
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发表时间:
2009-01-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Becker, Heinrich Friedrich
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作者:
Kuhlmann, Uwe;Bormann, Felix Georg;Becker, Heinrich Friedrich
Humans spend one-third of their lifetime sleeping. It has only been∼ 50 years since it was recognized that sleep is not simply a passive state characterized by the absence of wakefulness, but rather a condition that has a typical structure with electrophysiologically, clearly distinguishable phases that follow one another according to a characteristic pattern in healthy subjects. Using electroencephalogram (EEG), electrooculogram (EOG) and electromyogram (EMG), sleep is classified as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep or one of four different non-REM sleep stages. Altogether, one spends∼ 20–25% of the total sleep time in deep sleep and REM sleep, respectively, and∼ 50% in light sleep. After the age of 50, the percentage of deep and REM sleep decreases, whereas light sleep and periods of wakefulness during the night increases.During the night, 4–6 sleep cycles are completed lasting 70–90 min and consisting of an initial period of light sleep, followed by deep sleep and finally REM sleep. Whereas deep sleep is predominantly present during the first hours of sleep, there is an increase in REM sleep in the second half of the night, often accompanied by dreaming.