Risk and determinant factors for obstructive sleep apnea in patients with epilepsy

M Venturi, GSLM Neves, IM Pontes, A Valois… - Arquivos de neuro …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of risk of having obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
and its determinants in patients with epilepsy (PE). METHOD: 98 adult PE were …

High incidence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with late-onset epilepsy

A Maurousset, B De Toffol, J Praline, J Biberon… - Neurophysiologie …, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives The objective of the present study was to evaluate the prevalence of obstructive
sleep apnea (OSA) in patients with late-onset epilepsy (LOE) who were considered at higher …

Obstructive sleep apnea in a clinical series of adult epilepsy patients: frequency and features of the comorbidity

R Manni, M Terzaghi, C Arbasino, I Sartori… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the rate and features of obstructive sleep
apnea (OSA) in adult epilepsy patients. Methods: Two hundred eighty‐three adult epilepsy …

[HTML][HTML] Frequency of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome among patients with epilepsy attending a tertiary neurology clinic

M Al-Abri, A Al-Asmi, A Al-Shukairi… - Oman Medical …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives: Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a median lifetime prevalence of
14 per 1000 subjects. Sleep disorders could influence epileptic seizure. The most common …

Epilepsy and sleep apnea syndrome

D Ezpeleta, A Garcia-Pena… - Revista de …, 1998 - europepmc.org
Results 90% were males. 75% had partial epilepsies and 25% generalized. The mean
duration of epilepsy was 14.5 years. The mean seizures frequency was one per month. 35 …

Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with epilepsy: a meta-analysis

Z Lin, Q Si, Z Xiaoyi - Sleep and Breathing, 2017 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this study was to accurately determine the prevalence of obstructive
sleep apnoea (OSA) in patients with epilepsy (PWE) and to evaluate the efficacy of seizure …

Obstructive sleep apnea in epilepsy: a preliminary Egyptian study

HA Shaheen, AAA El-Kader, AM El Gohary… - Sleep and …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The extent and clinical relevance of the association between epilepsy and sleep
apnea are not previously studied in Egypt. What we wanted to know was the frequency of …

Obstructive sleep apnea risk in patients with focal versus generalized epilepsy

MT Scharf, P Greenberg, S Wong, R Mani - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common in patients with epilepsy (PWE), and
treatment may improve seizure control. However, OSA is often undiagnosed in PWE, and …

Obstructive sleep apnea is common in medically refractory epilepsy patients

BA Malow, K Levy, K Maturen, R Bowes - Neurology, 2000 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Previous reports have documented the coexistence of obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) and epilepsy and the therapeutic effects of treatment on seizure frequency and …

Refractory epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea: is there an association?

HR Rashed, MA Tork, LM El-Nabil… - The Egyptian Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background A high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported in
medically refractory epilepsy patients, and there is increasing evidence that treatment of …