A meta-review of standard polysomnography parameters in Rett Syndrome

Zhang, Xinyan; Spruyt, Karen

doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.963626

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“…We further found in an aggregated sample from case (series) studies in the PSG literature [ 21 ], that 71.7% of RTT cases had an abnormal AHI, and approximately half of those with SDB were in the severe range (i.e., AHI >5/h TST). Additionally, we confirmed severe nocturnal hypoxemia with apneic events in RTT cases in our meta-analysis of PSG data [ 22 ].…”

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Sleep Respiratory Disturbances in Girls with Rett Syndrome

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Individuals with Rett Syndrome (RTT), a rare neurodevelopmental disorder, present disordered breathing during wakefulness. Whilst findings on breathing during sleep are contradictory, the relation between sleep breathing and their clinical features, genetic characteristics, age, and sleep phase is rarely investigated, which is the objective of this study. Overnight polysomnography (PSG) was performed. Sleep macrostructure parameters were compared between the RTT subjects with and without sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). The association between the apnea–hypopnea index (AHI) with age at PSG was tested. Particularly for RTT subjects with SDB, the respiratory indexes in REM and NREM sleep were compared. Stratified analyses per clinical characteristics, genetic characteristics, and clinical features’ severity were performed. Non-parametric statistics were applied. A sample of 11 female RTT subjects, aged 8.69 ± 5.29 years with ten confirmed with MECP2 mutations, were studied. The average AHI was 3.94 ± 1.19/h TST, of which eight (72.73%) had obstructive sleep apnea, i.e., six in 1/h TST ≤ AHI ≤ 5/h TST, and two in AHI > 5/h TST. The mean SpO2% was 81.00 ± 35.15%. The AHI was not significantly correlated with their age at PSG (rs = −0.15, p = 0.67). Sleep macrostructure in SDB-absent and SDB-present groups was not different. Respiratory indexes in those with obstructive sleep apnea showed no difference between REM and NREM sleep nor any of the strata. In our clinical sample, more than half of the RTT subjects with MECP2 mutations had obstructive sleep apnea in both NREM and REM sleep which was unrelated to their clinical features. Our results also indicated hypoxemia throughout nocturnal sleep in RTT. To conclude, our results suggest that disordered breathing during sleep is prevalently present in RTT as an independent clinical feature.

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