Relationship of Sleep Apnea to Functional Capacity and Length of Hospitalization Following Stroke
Author(s) -
Yasuyuki Kaneko,
Vlasta Hajek,
Vera Zivanovic,
Janet Raboud,
T. Douglas Bradley
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
sleep
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222
H-Index - 207
eISSN - 1550-9109
pISSN - 0161-8105
DOI - 10.1093/sleep/26.3.293
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep apnea , stroke (engine) , apnea , obstructive sleep apnea , polysomnography , physical therapy , central sleep apnea , functional independence measure , anesthesia , rehabilitation , cardiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Recent evidence indicates that sleep apnea is common in patients with stroke. We hypothesized that the presence of sleep apnea among stroke patients would be associated with a greater degree of functional disability and longer hospitalization following stroke.
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