Oxygenation and Breathing Pattern During Phasic and Tonic REM in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
George C, West P, Kryger M. Oxygenation and Breathing Pattern During Phasic and Tonic REM in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Sleep 1987, 10: 234-243. PMID: 3629085, DOI: 10.1093/sleep/10.3.234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseObstructive pulmonary diseaseTonic REMPhasic REMBreathing patternOxygen desaturationPulmonary diseaseSevere chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBreathing pattern changesAwake SaO2Nadir SaO2Total REMRespiratory neuronsMore desaturationMotor neuronsOxygen saturationREM sleepSaO2SaO2 differenceTransient decreaseRespiratory amplitudeNight studiesSleepDesaturationPatients