"Sleepiness" in obstructive sleep apnea: getting into deep water

Ulf Kallweit; Dirk Pevernagie; Gert Jan Lammers

doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2022.02.015

"Sleepiness" in obstructive sleep apnea: getting into deep water

Sleep Med. 2022 Apr:92:64-66. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.02.015. Epub 2022 Feb 25.

Authors

Ulf Kallweit¹, Dirk Pevernagie², Gert Jan Lammers³

Affiliations

¹ Center for Biomedical Education and Research (ZBAF), Faculty of Health, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany; Clinical Sleep and Neuroimmunology, Institute of Immunology, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany; Sleep Wake Centre ORFEA, Witten, Germany. Electronic address: ulf.kallweit@uni-wh.de.
² Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium; Dept. of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium.
³ Leiden University Medical Centre, Department of Neurology, Leiden, the Netherlands; Sleep Wake Centre, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Heemstede, the Netherlands.

PMID: 35339741
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2022.02.015

No abstract available

Keywords: Apnea-hypopnea index; Cognitive deficits; Excessive daytime sleepiness; Hypersomnolence; Obstructive sleep apnea; Wake-promoting agents.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Disorders of Excessive Somnolence*
Humans
Sleep Apnea, Obstructive* / complications
Wakefulness