Signs and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing in trauma survivors: a matched comparison with classic sleep apnea patients.

Chronic posttraumatic sleep disturbance may include sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), but this disorder of sleep respiration is usually not suspected in trauma survivors. Sleep breathing signs and symptoms were studied in 178 adults-all with SDB-including typical sleep clinic patients (N = 89) reporting classic snoring and sleepiness and crime victims (N = 89) with insomnia and posttraumatic stress. Significant differences (p < 0.

Refractory insomnia and sleep-disordered breathing: a pilot study.

Objective: To assess an uncontrolled, open-label trial of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) treatment on two different samples of chronic insomnia patients.

Method: In Study 1 (Retrospective), data from one diagnostic and one continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration polysomnogram were compiled from 19 chronic insomnia patients with SDB. Objective polysomnogram indicators of sleep and arousal activity and self-reported sleep quality were measured.