ABSTRACT NUMBER: ESOC2026A983 POSITIONAL OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IS A PREDOMINANT PHENOTYPE IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE: ASSOCIATIONS WITH DISEASE SEVERITY AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT
Tho Phung, Giap Vu, Hoai Nguyen · 2026
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Tho Phung and co-authors find that most sleep apnea appearing right after a stroke depends on body position. Breathing pauses during sleep are extremely common in the acute stroke phase and worsen recovery. Lying flat on the back, the default in hospital beds, makes the pauses worse. Their 2026 conference study runs bedside breathing tests on one hundred twenty-five acute stroke patients.
Patients who slept almost entirely on their backs could not be classified and were set aside. Among the rest, nearly all had sleep apnea, and the positional kind — far worse supine than on the side — was the dominant pattern. Severity tracked the pattern. The implication is cheap therapy: position itself is a treatment lever. Stroke units get a reason to watch the pillow, not just the airway.
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| CREATOR | Tho Phung, Giap Vu, Hoai Nguyen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |