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Alcohol Ingestion Does Not Cause Sleep‐Disordered Breathing in Premenopausal Women
Author(s) -
Block A. Jay
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1984.tb05686.x
Subject(s) - ingestion , breathing , sleep disordered breathing , bedtime , medicine , sleep (system call) , sleep and breathing , anesthesia , obstructive sleep apnea , computer science , operating system
Ingestion of 2 ml/kg of 100 proof vodka before bedtime did not cause sleep‐disordered breathing or nocturnal oxygen desaturation in 20 premenopausal women. These findings are opposite to the results of earlier studies of men, in which ingestion of the same amount of alcohol significantly increased these findings. Protection of young women from sleep‐disordered breathing or oxygen desaturation may be related to the respiratory stimulant effects of circulating progesterone.