Case Report
Rare Case of Rapidly Worsening REM Sleep Induced Bradycardia
Table 1
Basic results of polysomnographic recordings.
| | BMI (kg/m2) | 23.4 | | Total sleep time (TST) | 405 minutes | | REM | 19.3% | | Central apnea/hypopnea events | 2/4 | | Obstructive apnea/hypopnea events | 0/0 | | Apnea/hypopnea index | 1.1 | | Number of AV blocks (>2.4 seconds) | 0 | | Number of sinus arrests (>2.4 seconds) | 16 | | Duration of cardiac pauses | 2.5–7.8 secs | | Sleep stage during cardiac pause | REM | | Mean oxygen saturation in REM | 97.9% | | Minimal oxygen saturation in REM | 94.5% | | Minimal oxygen saturation | 91.4% | | % TST oxygen saturation <90% | 0% |
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