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Persistent Hypersomnolence in an Elderly Patient Treated for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome-A Case Report

阻塞性睡眠呼吸中止症年老病患治療後之持續過度嗜睡-一病例報告

摘要


阻塞性睡眠呼吸中止症較常見於年長族群,病患睡眠時其上呼吸道反覆塌陷合併氧合濃度降低,導致其睡眠受到干擾。長久以來病患多為白天過度嗜睡所苦,而過度嗜睡常因睡眠呼吸中止症治療以後獲得改善。猝睡症則是另一種造成過度嗜睡的疾病,然而與睡眠呼吸中止症不同的是它較常見於年輕族群。兩種疾病合併並不多見,合併於老年人之機率更低,因此我們報導一位八十三歲男性病患患有阻塞性睡眠呼吸中止症且合併猝睡症,藉以強調若阻塞性睡眠呼吸中止症治療以後仍然過度嗜睡,猝睡症則應該列入鑑別診斷。

並列摘要


Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is prevalent in the middle-aged and elderly population. OSA causes sleep fragmentation with intermittent oxygen desaturation and is the most common cause of excessive sleepiness, which often improves after treatment. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder and is another common cause of excessive sleepiness. However, coexistent narcolepsy in OSA patients is uncommon. Unlike OSA, narcolepsy is rarely discovered among elderly people. Therefore, we report an elderly OSA patient co-morbid with narcolepsy, a very rare condition in clinical practice.

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