Recurrent Delirium Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

I describe a case of recurrent delirium associated with OSA in a morbidly obese man. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAC) therapy alleviated the OSA and delirium but was only partially effective in preventing relapses of delirium. Gastric stapling helped to secure considerable weight loss with...

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Published in:	General hospital psychiatry Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 120 - 122
Main Author:	Lee, Joseph W.Y
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-03-1998 Elsevier Science
Subjects:	Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Biological and medical sciences Delirium - etiology Delirium - therapy Gastroplasty Humans Male Medical sciences Obesity - complications Obesity - surgery Organic mental disorders. Neuropsychology Positive-Pressure Respiration Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Recurrence Sleep Apnea Syndromes - etiology Sleep Apnea Syndromes - therapy Human Delirium Obesity Sleep apnea syndrome Relapse Respiratory disease Nutrition disorder Male Organic mental disorder Case study Concomitant disease Adult Evolution Nutritional status
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Summary:	I describe a case of recurrent delirium associated with OSA in a morbidly obese man. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAC) therapy alleviated the OSA and delirium but was only partially effective in preventing relapses of delirium. Gastric stapling helped to secure considerable weight loss with reversal of OSA and no further recurrence of delirium.
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ISSN:	0163-8343 1873-7714
DOI:	10.1016/S0163-8343(98)00006-1