Prevalence of nocturnal oxygen desaturation in patients admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation unit

SUMMARY  Continuous oxygen measurement by digital oximetry is a well‐established and widely used method. As reports in patients with cardiac disease have shown high prevalences of nocturnal oxygen desaturation, this study aimed to screen the patients admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation unit. Oxyg...

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Published in:Journal of sleep research 1995-06, Vol.4 (S1), p.194-196
Main Authors: ROTH, THOMAS, HÖLTMANN, BERNHARD J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
digital pulse oximetry
geriatric rehabilitation
sleep‐related oxygen desaturation
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Summary:SUMMARY  Continuous oxygen measurement by digital oximetry is a well‐established and widely used method. As reports in patients with cardiac disease have shown high prevalences of nocturnal oxygen desaturation, this study aimed to screen the patients admitted to a geriatric rehabilitation unit. Oxygen saturation was con‐tinously recorded during sleeptime in 103 unselected patients (52 women, 51 men) with a mean age of 77 y (65–90 y). The records were analysed according to standard rules concerning the frequency, duration and severity of periodic or phasic oxygen desaturations (ODES). Significant desaturations were found in 50/103 (48%) patients (43% women, 57% men) with a mean desaturation index (DESI) of 9.2 h‐1. Periodic desaturations greater than 10 h‐1 were found in 33% (35/103) patients with a mean DESI of 26/h in women and 20/h in men. Severe periods of desaturation (
ISSN:0962-1105
1365-2869
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2869.1995.tb00214.x