No Difference in Sleep Desaturations Severity between Patients with Wake-Up and Non-Wake-Up Stroke: A PRESS Study Results.

Background: Wake-up stroke (WUS) is a certain type of ischemic stroke in which a patient wakes up with a new neurological deficit due to cerebral ischemia. Sleep-disordered breathing is an independent risk factor for stroke, but the role of nocturnal oxygen desaturation in the pathophysiology of WUS is still insufficiently explored. According to several studies, patients with WUS have a significantly more severe sleep apnea syndrome and lower mean blood oxygen saturation.

Adherence to positive airway pressure therapy initiated in the early subacute phase of ischemic stroke: a PRESS study follow-up.

Background: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is frequent in stroke patients and negatively affects stroke outcomes. Positive airway pressure (PAP) is the standard first-line treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe SDB. Despite a strong link between PAP adherence and therapeutic response, rates of post-stroke PAP adherence remain underexplored.

Cognition in Patients with Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Can Obstructive and Central Apneic Pauses Play a Different Role in Cognitive Impairment?

Background: There are increasing data linking sleep apnea with cognitive impairment. We aimed to clarify the relationship between sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and cognition. Detailed attention was assigned to the potential role of central versus obstructive apneic pauses in cognitive impairment.

Cerebral blood flow in stroke patients with sleep apnea: any role of single-night positive airway pressure therapy?

Background And Objective: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is more prevalent in patients with stroke than in the population without a history of stroke. SDB is an independent risk factor for stroke. SDB impairs cerebral circulation by several mechanisms, and therefore possibly contributes to wake-up stroke.

Sleep apnea prediction in acute ischemic stroke (SLAPS score): a derivation study.

Background: Despite its high prevalence and negative impact, sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) remain commonly underdiagnosed and undertreated in stroke subjects. Multiple stroke comorbidities and risk factors, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, ischemic heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and heart failure (H.F.

Pulse oximetric routine examination of sleep apnea in acute stroke (PRESS).

Background: Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is present in more than 70% of stroke patients. Despite its association with increased morbidity, mortality, and reduced functional outcomes, targeted assessment of SDB in stroke patients, remain controversial. Polysomnography ("gold standard" examination) is a technically demanding and costly test with limited availability.