OSAS patients whose REM sleep duration is less than 12% of their total sleep duration measured by PSG
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: The patients with less than 10% of REM sleep identified by PSG
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who were already diagnosed with sleep apnea syndrome and treated. 2. Patients with hemodialysis 3. Patients with cancer 4. Patients on oxygen therapy 5. Patients with a cardiac pacemaker 6. Physically disabled patients 7. Patients who refuse to participate in this trial 8. Patients who are judged as inappropriate candidates by doctors
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Investigation of specific metabolomes and their concentrations which would appear according to changes in REM sleep duration in patients with OSAS before and following CPAP treatment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in REM sleep duration and ratio to total sleep duration in the patients with OSAS before and following CPAP treatment | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Graduate school of medicine, Nihon university Respitory medicine