The relationship between perinatl hypoxia and sleep-disordered breathing in preclinical chronic mountain sickness

Introduction: Chronic intermittent hypoxia due to sleepdisordered breathing is implicated as a potential etiological factor for chronic mountain sickness (CMS). Whether sleepdisordered breathing precedes or results from CMS is not known. Likewise, factors responsible for sleep-disordered breathing in CMS are not well understood. Based on our preliminary data that perinatal hypoxia increases susceptibility to excessive erythrocytosis (EE, Hb 18.3 g/dL), a preclinical phase of CMS, we sought to determine whether respiratory characteristics during wakefulness or sleep differ between EE subjects and controls and, if so, to determine the relationship of this variation with perinatal hypoxia.

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Main Authors: Julian, Colleen Glyde, Vargas, Enrique, Dávila, R Daniela, Salinas Salmón, Carlos E, Rodríguez, A, Gonzales, Marcelino, Moore, Lorna G
Format: Article biblioteca
Language:English
Published: High Altitude Medicine & Biology 2010-08-08
Subjects:HIPOXIA PERINATAL, DESORDENES EN EL SUEÑO, MAL CRÓNICO DE MONTANA,
Online Access:http://repositorio.umsa.bo/xmlui/handle/123456789/8120
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Summary:Introduction: Chronic intermittent hypoxia due to sleepdisordered breathing is implicated as a potential etiological factor for chronic mountain sickness (CMS). Whether sleepdisordered breathing precedes or results from CMS is not known. Likewise, factors responsible for sleep-disordered breathing in CMS are not well understood. Based on our preliminary data that perinatal hypoxia increases susceptibility to excessive erythrocytosis (EE, Hb 18.3 g/dL), a preclinical phase of CMS, we sought to determine whether respiratory characteristics during wakefulness or sleep differ between EE subjects and controls and, if so, to determine the relationship of this variation with perinatal hypoxia.