Sleep in the Acute Phase of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Snapshot of Polysomnography

Conclusion. Patients in the acute stage of severe TBI exhibit increased sleep duration and earlier sleep onset, suggesting that the injured brain enhances sleep need and/or decreases the ability to maintain wakefulness. As poor sleep efficiency could compromise brain recovery, further studies should investigate whether strategies known to optimize sleep in healthy individuals are efficacious in acute TBI. While there are several inherent challenges, polysomnography is a useful means of examining sleep in the early stage of recovery in patients with severe TBI.

Source: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair - August 8, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Wiseman-Hakes, C., Duclos, C., Blais, H., Dumont, M., Bernard, F., Desautels, A., Menon, D. K., Gilbert, D., Carrier, J., Gosselin, N. Tags: Clinical Research Articles Source Type: research