Electrocerebral inactivity associated with obstructive sleep apnea.

Connelly, C S; O'Donovan, C A; McCall, W V; Bell, W L; Quinlivan, L · Neurology · 1997

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a child who demonstrates near electrocerebral silence secondary to obstructive apnea during polysomnography. The mechanism of this suppression of cortical activity appears to be related to hypoxemia in the absence of a malignant arrhythmia.

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