• Thorax · Apr 1995

    Respiratory muscle activity during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    • J E White, M J Drinnan, A J Smithson, C J Griffiths, and G J Gibson.
    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
    • Thorax. 1995 Apr 1; 50 (4): 376-82.

    BackgroundIn patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) periods of hypopnoea occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, but the mechanisms involved are not clear.MethodsTen patients with stable COPD were studied during nocturnal sleep. Detailed measurements were made of surface electromyographic (EMG) activity of several respiratory muscle groups and the accompanying chest wall motion using magnetometers.ResultsHypopnoea occurred in association with eye movements during phasic rapid eye movement (pREM) sleep. During pREM sleep there were reductions in EMG activity of the intercostal, diaphragm, and upper airway muscles compared with non-REM sleep. Episodic hypopnoea due to partial upper airway occlusion ("obstructive" hypopnoea) was seen consistently in four subjects while the others showed the pattern of "central" hypopnoea accompanied by an overall reduction in inspiratory muscle activity. Although activity of the intercostal muscles was reduced relatively more than that of the diaphragm, lateral rib cage paradox (Hoover's sign) was less obvious during pREM-related hypopnoea than during wakefulness or non-REM sleep.ConclusionsHypopnoea during REM sleep in patients with COPD is associated with reduced inspiratory muscle activity. The pattern of hypopnoea may be either "obstructive" or "central" and is generally consistent within an individual. Relatively unopposed action of the diaphragm on the rib cage during REM sleep is not accompanied by greater lateral inspiratory paradox.

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