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J Appl Physiol 66: 2312-2319, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 66, Issue 5 2312-2319, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Breath-by-breath interactions between inspiratory and expiratory duration in occlusive sleep apnea

D. W. Carley, E. Onal, R. Aronson and M. Lopata
Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago.

We examined interactions between inspiratory duration (TI), expiratory duration (TE), and inspiratory (esophageal) pressure (Pes) generation in seven subjects with confirmed occlusive sleep apnea. Breath-by-breath values of TI, TE, and Pes were identified by digital computer during 21 260-s epochs of repetitive occlusive apnea during non-rapid-eye-movement sleep. The control theory of interacting nonlinear oscillators was used to categorize the interaction between TI and TE for each epoch as either 1) synchronization, the strongest possible interaction between biological oscillators; 2) relative entrainment, a moderate interaction between oscillators; or 3) relative coordination, a weak interaction. The latter two interactions were characterized by systemic oscillations in the moving cross-correlation between TI and TE. The relationship between TI and Pes was analyzed in a similar fashion. Significant oscillations were present in all three parameters (P less than 0.0001 for each). We observed significant negative correlations between TI and TE and between TI and Pes (P less than 0.001 for each) when all breaths for all epochs were pooled. In no epoch was there a significant positive correlation between TI and TE or Pes. All three interactions were observed between TI and TE: five epochs of synchronization, nine of relative entrainment, and seven of relative coordination. In contrast, 19 of 21 epochs exhibited synchronization between TI and Pes, with 2 epochs of relative entrainment. The relative frequency of TI vs. Pes synchronization was significantly greater than TI vs. TE synchronization (P less than 0.005).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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