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Rapid eye movement-localized apnea in a female patient with chronic insomnia
Yuhei Kayukawa1, Tamotsu Okada, Toshiji Hayakawa
1Health Administration Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. kayuchan@adm.nitech.ac.jp
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
|June 6, 2002
Abstract:
A middle-aged female patient with chronic insomnia showed rapid eye movement (REM)- localized obstructive sleep apnea. She visited the Sleep Disorders Clinic and complained of insomnia with loud snoring. Once, in the past, her sleep complaints had disappeared after weight reduction but, 6 months later, she complained of excessive daytime sleepiness. Overnight polysomnography revealed REM-localized apnea. Careful follow up is strongly recommended for a female patient with chronic insomnia who shows REM-localized apnea.