Obstructive events in children with Prader-Willi syndrome occur predominantly during rapid eye movement sleep
Children with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) have a high prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). In most typically developing children with OSAS, more obstructive apneas and hypopneas occur during rapid eye movement (REM) than during non-REM (NREM) sleep. It was hypothesized that patients with PWS are even more prone to obstructive events in REM sleep than otherwise healthy subjects with OSAS.
Source: Sleep Medicine - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Anastasia Polytarchou, Georgia Katsouli, Marina Tsaoussoglou, Evangelia Charmandari, Christina Kanaka-Gantenbein, George Chrousos, Athanasios G. Kaditis Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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