Prevalence of central sleep apnoea in people with tetraplegic spinal cord injury: a retrospective analysis of research and clinical data

CONCLUSIONS: This is the largest study to characterize sleep disordered breathing in tetraplegia. It provides strong evidence that obstructive sleep apnoea is the predominant sleep disordered breathing type; 9-18 times more prevalent than CSA. The prevalence of CSA was estimated to be 4-8%, significantly lower than previously …