| Literature DB >> 20189905 |
Erik K St Louis1, Kevin Faber.
Abstract
A 23-year-old woman without history of antecedent vocal, respiratory, or sleep disorders received vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy for refractory partial epilepsy and developed sleep-related stridor during the course of parameter titration. Reduction of VNS current during polysomnography completely eliminated stridor. We conclude that VNS may cause sleep-related stridor in rare cases, expanding the spectrum of known sleep-disordered breathing disorders associated with VNS therapy. Parameter adjustment during polysomnography may resolve nocturnal stridor caused by VNS.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20189905 PMCID: PMC2958706 DOI: 10.1684/epd.2010.0294
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epileptic Disord ISSN: 1294-9361 Impact factor: 1.819