• 수면정신생리
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.93-96
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• 2016

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) has negative effects on health, including increased mortality, risk of cardiovascular disease, and neurocognitive difficulties. OSAS is common in obese patients and obesity is an important risk factor of OSAS. A 41-year-old female OSAS patient with severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ${\geq}35$) who failed dietary weight loss underwent bariatric surgery. After surgery, there were improvements in BMI (from 36.9 to $31.7kg/m^2$) and polysomnographic data, including the apnea-hypopnea index (from 25.1 to 11.2 events/hr) and minimum SaO2 (from 69 to 82%). This case demonstrates that bariatric surgery may be an effective therapeutic option to reduce sleep-disordered breathing in severely obese patients with moderate OSAS. Bariatric surgery as a treatment option for OSAS should be considered in OSAS patients with severe obesity who failed dietary weight loss.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.182-187
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• 1994

The Authors report a case of sleep paralysis patient who is 25-years old man. He complained that he has been experiencing episode "being suffocated" during sleep and could not move by himself while semiconsciousness state. He was a only son of divorced parents and could not attach anybody from yong childhood. His symptoms was began intermittently after his early teens. Medical history and physical examination revealed no significant finding. A nocturnal polysomnogram showed loss of muscle tone during terminal REM period and sudden hyperventilation attack followed by wake-up. Psychosocial stress and insufficient sleep were presumed to be an etiological factors. Imipramine 50mg per day almost completely relieved symptoms.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.11-17
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• 2001

In 2000, the number of people aged 65 and over increased to 3.37 million, accounting for 7.1% of the total population of South Korea. The elderly population will increase up to 19.3% in 2030. Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) seems to increase with age. More than 50-60% of old people complain of SDB-related signs and symptoms including awakening headache, excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, memory loss, personality changes, and depression. The influence of a mild degree of SDB upon the elderly is unclear, but moderate to severe SDB is well known to be associated with many diseases including hypertension, arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, stroke, dementia, and sudden death. Therefore, physicians should pay attention to elderly patients who complain of SDB related symptoms and signs that may not be normal signs of aging. Physicians need to become more sensitive to treat SDB in the elderly.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제57권5호
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• pp.288-295
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• 2019

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is defined as a disturbed breathing during sleep caused by repetitive upper airway collapse. Complete collapse causes a cessation of breathing, known as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and snoring can arise from partial collapse. Undiagnosed and untreated OSA means recurrent intermittent hypoxemia and leads to a variety of cardiovascular disorders, disturbed neurocognition, and excessive daytime sleepiness. Various behavioral modalities have been suggested for treating snoring and sleep apnea including changing the sleep position, avoiding alcohol, and weight loss. Until now continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy is one of effective treatment for patients with OSA, but its discomfort causes less tolerance and compliance. Therefore, clinical effectiveness and convenience for oral appliance have emerged and the role of dentists has become more important in the management of OSA.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.5-9
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• 2013

One of hypothesis is that sleep loss related to a decrease in serotonergic activity plays a significant role in attempted suicide. A growing evidence suggests that central serotonergic activity plays a key role in the etiology of suicide. It has been reported that the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), the main metabolite of serotonin, were reduced in suicide attempters. In addition, there is evidence that tryptophan hydroxylase is associated with suicide. The association between sleep and suicide was also suggested by some researchers. Several recent studies have showed the association between sleep disturbance and suicide rates in patients with mental disorders and in a general population. In addition, it has been suggested that serotonin plays a role in maintaining arousal and regulating muscle tone and in regulating some of the phasic events of REM sleep. Especially, it is well-known that 5-HT2 receptors are related to slow wave sleep. In conclusion, it is clear that sleep, serotonin activity, and suicide are linked, although the direction of causation needs clarification. In future, large population-based cohort studies are needed to demonstrate the direction of causation in the relationships between sleep, serotonin activity, and suicide.

• 대한치과의사협회지
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• 제53권12호
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• pp.926-934
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• 2015

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), most common respiratory disorder of sleep, is characterized by intermittent partial or complete occlusions of the upper airway due to loss of upper airway dilating muscle activity during sleep superimposed on a narrow upper airway. Termination of these events usually requires arousal from sleep and results in sleep fragmentation and hypoxemia, which leads to poor quality of sleep, excessive daytime sleepiness, reduced quality of life and numerous other serious health consequences. Untreated OSA may cause, or be associated with, several adverse outcomes, including daytime sleepiness, increased risk for motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular disease, and depression. Various treatments are available, including non-surgical treatment such as medication or modification of life style, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and oral appliance (OA). Skeletal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) aims to provide more space for the soft tissue in the oropharynx to prevent airway collapse during sleep. Conventional surgical techniques include uvopalatopharyngoplasty(UPPP), genioglossus advancement (GA), and maxillomandibular advancement (MMA). Surgical techniques, efficacy and complications of skeletal surgery are introduced in this review.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.57-65
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• 1997

누구나 시차가 큰 여행을 할 때 몇일 간 비행시차증이라고 불리우는 증상을 경험하게 된다. 비행시차증은 수면박탈, 비행요인, 지연요인의 복합적인 원인으로 인해 생기는 하나의 증상군이라고 말할 수 있다. 특히 빠른 시차변화로 인한 생리적 지연효과(Jet lag)는 외적 비동조화, 내적 비동조화, 그리고 수면상실의 결과를 낳는다. 인간의 수면을 조절하는 기전에 있어 일중체계가 중요하다. 즉, 평균적인 수면-각성주기는 중심체온의 주기와 내적 비동조화가 일어나더라도 수면경향, 졸리움, 자발적 수면 기간, 그리고 렘수면 경향은 중심체온의 내인성 일중주기에 따라 통제된다. 수면의 구성요소중에서 서파수면은 중심체온의 주기보다는 수면시작시간에 따라 나타나며 이전에 깨어있었던 기간이 길수록 강력하게 나타난다. 따라서 수면은 일중체계와 항상성 기전의 상호작용으로 조절된다. 비행시차 후에 변화되는 수면양상을 이해하는데 있어 일중 체계 이외에 도항상성 기전을 고려하여야한다. 수면에 대한 일중리듬체계의 영향과 수면의 항상성 과정이 비행시차후 도착지에서의 수면양상을 설 명할 수 있을 것이다. 도착지에서의 적응은 통과한 시간대 수, 여행 방향, 일주기 리듬의 부조화에 적응 할 수 있는 개인별 능력에 따라 다르다. 도착지의 시간적 단서에 빨리 노출되어 일중체계의 위상반응곡선에 의한 재동조화를 촉진시키고 수면의 항상성 과정을 고려하여 도착지의 밤 이전까지 충분히 깨어 있는 것이 Jet Lag를 극복하고 적응하는 지름길일 것이다.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 1999

Sleep alters both breathing pattern and the ventilatory responses to external stimuli. These changes during sleep permit the development or aggravation of sleep-related hypoxemia in patients with respiratory disease and contribute to the pathogenesis of apneas in patients with the sleep apnea syndrome. Fundamental effects of sleep on the ventilatory control system are 1) removal of wakefulness input to the upper airway leading to the increase in upper airway resistance, 2) loss of wakefulness drive to the respiratory pump, 3) compromise of protective respiratory reflexes, and 4) additional sleep-induced compromise of ventilatory control initiated by reduced functional residual capacity on supine position assumed in sleep, decreased $CO_2$ production during sleep, and increased cerebral blood flow in especially rapid eye movement(REM) sleep. These effects resulted in periodic breathing during unsteady non-rapid eye movement(NREM) sleep even in normal subjects, regular but low ventilation during steady NREM sleep, and irregular breathing during REM sleep. Sleep-induced breathing instabilities are divided due primarily to transient increase in upper airway resistance and those that involve overshoots and undershoots in neural feedback mechanisms regulating the timing and/or amplitude of respiratory output. Following ventilatory overshoots, breathing stability will be maintained if excitatory short-term potentiation is the prevailing influence. On the other hand, apnea and hypopnea will occur if inhibitory mechanisms dominate following the ventilatory overshoot. These inhibitory mechanisms include 1) hypocapnia, 2) inhibitory effect from lung stretch, 3) baroreceptor stimulation, 4) upper airway mechanoreceptor reflexes, 5) central depression by hypoxia, and 6) central system inertia. While the respiratory control system functions well during wakefulness, the control of breathing is commonly disrupted during sleep. These changes in respiratory control resulting in breathing instability during sleep are related with the pathophysiologic mechanisms of obstructive and/or central apnea, and have the therapeutic implications for nocturnal hypoventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or alveolar hypoventilation syndrome.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.61-64
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• 2009

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been definitively shown to be a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and mortality. Recent reports have indicated that obstructive sleep apnea is associated with insulin resistance and impaired glucose metabolism, also have type 2 diabetes. The potential mechanisms leading to the development of type 2 diabetes in OSA patients are likely to be various. Reduced physical activity resulting from daytime somnolence, sympathetic nervous system activation, intermittent hypoxia, sleep fragmentation and sleep loss, dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary axis, alteration in adipokine profiles, and activation of inflammatory pathways have been proposed. Based on the current evidence, clinicians should assess the risk of OSA in patients with type 2 diabetes and, conversely, consider that possibility of glucose intolerance in patients with OSA. Further large-scale and long-term follow-up studies in patient populations with selected by reliable but inexpensive diagnostic measures, controlled for potential confounder factor, are needed.

• 수면정신생리
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.93-99
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• 2003

목 적：수면 결핍과 과도한 주간졸림증은 교통사고와 산업재해, 생산성 저하, 학습장애, 대인관계 문제 등의 심각한 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 이러한 부정적인 영향에도 불구하고, 수면 부족과 주간졸림증에 관한 역학 연구는 거의 없는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 얼마나 많은 사람들이 수면 결핍을 경험하고 있는지, 주말에 얼마나 많은 회복 수면이 일어나는지, 그리고 회복 수면량과 주간졸림증 간의 관련성에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 방 법：164명(남 65명, 여 99명)의 지원자가 광고를 통해 모집되었으며, 이들은 서울에 거주하는 20세 이상의 직장인 및 대학생으로, 평균 연령은 남자 $33.4{\pm}11.64$세, 여자 $31.9{\pm}9.68$세이었다. 본 연구의 배제 대상은 60세 이상, 불면증이나 주간졸림증을 유발할 수 있는 의학적, 신경학적, 정신과적 장애와 수면장애가 있는 사람, 수면 스케줄이 불규칙한 사람, 최근 해외여행을 다녀온 사람, 출퇴근을 하지 않거나 교대근무자이었다. 연구 참여자들은 2주일간 매일 아침 수면일지를 작성하였고, 둘째 주 마지막 날 정오 무렵에 Epworth Sleepiness Scale(ESS)를 작성하였다. 모든 분석은 SPSS/PC+를 사용하였으며 t 검증, 카이제곱 검증, 또는 변량분석을 시행하였다. 결 과：본 연구의 결과는 참여자들이 평일에는 6시50분, 토요일에는 7시9분, 그리고 휴일을 포함한 일요일에는 8시 12분에 잠에서 깨었으며, 일요일에는 평일이나 토요일에 비해 더 빈번하게, 그리고 더 오랫동안 낮잠을 잔다는 사실을 보여주었다. 평일에는 야간 수면시간이 평균적으로 6시간 30분인데 비해, 주말에는 약 1시간이나 더 늦잠을 자는 경향이 있었다. 평일에 8시간 이상 수면을 취하는 사람은 연구대상의 9.1%에 불과하였고, 약 67%는 7시간보다 적게 잠을 잤으며, 49.4%는 일요일에 1시간 이상의 회복 수면을 보고하였다. 일요일에 회복수면이 2시간 이상인 사람들은 30분 이하인 사람들보다 유의하게 더 많은 주간졸림증을 호소하였다. 결 론：이러한 결과는 수면 결핍과 과도한 주간졸림이 한국 도시 성인에서 비교적 흔하며 평일에 수면이 불충분한 사람들은 일요일에 늦잠이나 낮잠을 잠으로써 수면 부족을 보충하려고 시도한다는 사실을 보여준다. 회복 수면량은 주간졸림증과 관련이 있으며, 수면 결핍은 축적된 효과를 가지고 낮시간의 졸리움을 증가시키는 것처럼 보인다.