TY - JOUR
T1 - Sleep in herniorrhaphy patients
AU - Kavey, Neil B.
AU - Altshuler, Kenneth Z.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Clinical Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the Presbyterian Hospital.’ New York, New York; and the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas, South-western Medical School, the Presbyterian Hospital, and the Children’s Medical Center.’ Dallas, Texas. This research was supported by Grants GM 22515 and RR 00645 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
PY - 1979/11
Y1 - 1979/11
N2 - The nocturnal sleep patterns of 10 elective herniorrhaphy patients were documented by continuous, 8 hour polygraphic recordings from night 1 of hospitalization until discharge on day 4 or 5. Subjects showed a dramatic loss of REM sleep and stages III and IV and major increases in time awake and drowsy for the first 2 postoperative nights, with a gradual return toward normal sleep over the hospitalization period. The significance for healing of the loss of stages REM, III, and IV is discussed, especially with regard to hospital procedures and the use of medications.
AB - The nocturnal sleep patterns of 10 elective herniorrhaphy patients were documented by continuous, 8 hour polygraphic recordings from night 1 of hospitalization until discharge on day 4 or 5. Subjects showed a dramatic loss of REM sleep and stages III and IV and major increases in time awake and drowsy for the first 2 postoperative nights, with a gradual return toward normal sleep over the hospitalization period. The significance for healing of the loss of stages REM, III, and IV is discussed, especially with regard to hospital procedures and the use of medications.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90348-9
DO - 10.1016/0002-9610(79)90348-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 227283
AN - SCOPUS:0018637142
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 138
SP - 682
EP - 687
JO - The American Journal of Surgery
JF - The American Journal of Surgery
IS - 5
ER -