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Sleep Apnea

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Parkinson’s Disease and Nonmotor Dysfunction

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Two types of sleep apnea have been identified: obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea (CSA). OSA occurs when the upper airway collapses; in OSA, there is no airflow, often despite great respiratory effort. In CSA, the transitory cessations of breathing are because of a drop in respiratory capacity—there is no airflow and no respiratory effort. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a consequence of both OSA and CSA. A comprehensive history, ideally obtained from both the patient and bed partner, is the essential first step in diagnosing sleep apnea, but the gold standard for assessing sleep apnea is the polysomnogram. Sleep apnea has not been extensively evaluated in the setting of Parkinson’s disease (PD), but recent studies have suggested that OSA may be more common in PD than in age- and sex-matched controls, and obesity may not be as important a risk factor for OSA in PD as it is in the general population.

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL

    Cheryl M. Carlucci MD & Robert A. Hauser MD

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  1. Department of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN

    Ronald F. Pfeiffer MD

  2. Department of Neurology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

    Ivan Bodis-Wollner MD, DSc

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    Ivan Bodis-Wollner MD, DSc

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Carlucci, C.M., Hauser, R.A. (2005). Sleep Apnea. In: Pfeiffer, R.F., Bodis-Wollner, I. (eds) Parkinson’s Disease and Nonmotor Dysfunction. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-859-5:209

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