obstructive sleep apnoea 80 seconds 51% oxygen saturation
October 24th, 2009
This is a patient undergoing a diagnostic home sleep study prior to undergoing gastric banding surgery. She has a BMI of 44 kg/m2. She stops breathing up to 80 seconds, 63 times per hour and her blood oxygen levels drop to 51% from wake levels of 95%. She was suffering from excessive daytime tiredness.
Her breathing during sleep has since returned to normal since using ResMed Autoset.
Duration : 0:2:19
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