@Article{Misiuk-Hojlo2004,
journal="Klinika Oczna / Acta Ophthalmologica Polonica Supplement",
issn="0023-2157",
year="2004",
title="Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome 
as a risk factor of glaucomatous 
neuropathy",
abstract="The consequences of sleep apneas in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome may influence the function of visual system. In 21 patients with OSA syndrome (apnea / hypopnea index – AHI 50±20) the detailed ophthalmologic studies, including tonometry, biomicroscopic evaluation of the anterior segment of the eye, automatic perimetry and stereoscopic examination of the eye fundus have been performed. In 4 patients (19%) the signs of lesions in the optic tract have been found. These were: defects in visual field caused by glaucoma (primary open-angle glaucoma and normal-tension glaucoma) in 2 patients and defects in visual field (concentric and quadrantic homonymous) caused by diffuse lesions in the cortico-nuclear tract in 2 patients. In patients with the lesions in the optic tract there were severe disorders of breathing during sleep: AHI >60, mean SaO2 at the end of the apneas <86% and minimal SaO2 at the end of the apneas <70%. The authors conclude that in OSA patients there is a high risk of the lesions of the optic tract as a consequence of severe and repetitive hypoxemia during sleep.",
author="Misiuk-Hojlo, Marta
and Brzecka, Anna
and Ko­bie­rzyc­ka, Agniesz­ka
and Szaliński, Marek",
pages="245--246",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/Obstructive-sleep-apnea-syndrome-r-nas-a-risk-factor-of-glaucomatous-r-nneuropathy,160,49332,1,1.html"
}