TY - JOUR
T1 - Case report
T2 - Sleep apnea, sleep disorders, and hypothyroidism
AU - Vandyck, P.
AU - Chadband, R.
AU - Chaudhary, B.
AU - Stachura, M. E.
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - The symptoms of hypothyroidism are protean and include apathy, somnolence, lethargy, personality change and intellectual deterioration. Many of these symptoms may be related to hypothyroid-induced sleep disorders. Hypothyroidism is associated with abnormal ventilatory drive, abnormal sleep architecture, and sleep apnea. Central, obstructive, and mixed patterns of sleep apnea are commonly observed in hypothyroidism. A case of severe sleep apnea in a grossly myxedematous patient who improved dramatically following thyroid replacement alone is presented. Myxedema is a reversible cause of sleep apnea, and thyroid function testing should be considered in its diagnostic work-up.
AB - The symptoms of hypothyroidism are protean and include apathy, somnolence, lethargy, personality change and intellectual deterioration. Many of these symptoms may be related to hypothyroid-induced sleep disorders. Hypothyroidism is associated with abnormal ventilatory drive, abnormal sleep architecture, and sleep apnea. Central, obstructive, and mixed patterns of sleep apnea are commonly observed in hypothyroidism. A case of severe sleep apnea in a grossly myxedematous patient who improved dramatically following thyroid replacement alone is presented. Myxedema is a reversible cause of sleep apnea, and thyroid function testing should be considered in its diagnostic work-up.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000441-198908000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00000441-198908000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 2764018
AN - SCOPUS:0024708240
SN - 0002-9629
VL - 298
SP - 119
EP - 122
JO - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
JF - American Journal of the Medical Sciences
IS - 2
ER -