ELECTROCEREBRAL INACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP-APNEA

Authors
CONNELLY CS ODONOVAN CA MCCALL WV BELL WL QUINLIVAN L
Citation
Cs. Connelly et al., ELECTROCEREBRAL INACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP-APNEA, Neurology, 48(5), 1997, pp. 1464-1466
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283878
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1464 - 1466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(1997)48:5<1464:EIAWOS>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a child who demonstrates near electrocerebral silence second ary to obstructive apnea during polysomnography. The mechanism of this suppression of cortical activity appears to be related to hyperemia i n the absence of a malignant arrhythmia.