Regularity of cardiac rhythm as a marker of sleepiness in sleep disordered breathing.

AIM:The present study aimed to analyse the autonomic nervous system activity using heart rate variability (HRV) to detect sleep disordered breathing (SDB) patients with and without excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) before sleep onset. METHODS:Two groups of 20 patients with different levels of dayti...

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Main Authors: Marc Guaita, Umberto Melia, Montserrat Vallverdú, Pere Caminal, Isabel Vilaseca, Josep M Montserrat, Carles Gaig, Manel Salamero, Joan Santamaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393025?pdf=render