The Evolution of Sleep Apnea Six Months After Acute Ischemic Stroke and Thrombolysis.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

Our goal was to investigate the evolution of prevalence, severity, and type of sleep apnea among patients who had an ischemic stroke, with or without treatment with thrombolysis after 6 months.

Methods

We prospectively studied 204 patients who had an ischemic stroke (110 in the thrombolysis and 94 in the non-thrombolysis group). After follow-up, 177 patients were eligible for a final analysis (98 in the thrombolysis group and 79 in the non-thrombolysis group). An unattended sleep study with a three-channel portable device was performed both on admission and after the 6-month follow-up.

Results

The patients receiving thrombolysis were younger than those in the non-thrombolysis group (mean 65.5 versus 69.6 years P = .039). Sleep apnea, defined as

SUBMITTER: Huhtakangas JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287720 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature