PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Davis, Arielle P.
AU  - Billings, Martha E.
AU  - Longstreth, W.T.
AU  - Khot, Sandeep P.
TI  - Early diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea after stroke
AID  - 10.1212/CPJ.0b013e318296f274
DP  - 2013 Jun 01
TA  - Neurology: Clinical Practice
PG  - 192--201
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
4099  - http://cp.neurology.org/content/3/3/192.short
4100  - http://cp.neurology.org/content/3/3/192.full
AB  - Sleep-disordered breathing is an increasingly recognized disorder that is particularly prevalent among stroke patients. Obstructive sleep apnea, a form of sleep-disordered breathing, is associated with multiple major stroke risk factors but is also an independent risk factor for stroke. In addition, untreated sleep apnea is associated with poor functional outcome after stroke. Sleep apnea is amenable to treatment and should be considered a modifiable stroke risk factor, though long-term compliance remains a major barrier. A better understanding of the relationship between sleep apnea and stroke may prompt providers to pursue the early diagnosis and treatment of underlying sleep-disordered breathing to both improve the chance of recovery from stroke in the short term and to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke in the long term.