Cystic fibrosis (CF): neurological features

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Cystic fibrosis (CF): neurological features. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), Nocturnal hypoxaemia. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Sleep disorders

  • Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
  • Nocturnal hypoxaemia
  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Insomnia
  • Frequent awakenings
  • Chronic sleep loss
  • Daytime sleepiness

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Other central neurological features

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Other peripheral neurological features

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Psychiatric features

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References

  1. Vandeleur M, Walter LM, Armstrong DS, Robinson P, Nixon GM, Horne RSC. How well do children with cystic fibrosis sleep? an actigraphic and questionnaire-based study. J Pediatr 2017; 182:170-176.
  2. Barbosa RRB, Liberato FMG, de Freitas Coelho P, Vidal PDR, de Carvalho RBCO, Donadio MVF. Sleep-disordered breathing and markers of morbidity in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol 2020; 55:1974-1983.
  3. Barbosa RRB, Coelho PF, Liberato FMG, et al. Sleep disorders are distinctively associated with exercise intolerance and sedentary behavior in children with cystic fibrosis. Sleep Med 2020; 74:145-151.
  4. Shakkottai A, Nasr SZ, Hassan F, Irani S, O'Brien LM, Chervin RD. Sleep-disordered breathing in cystic fibrosis. Sleep Med 2020; 74:57-65.
  5. Mulette P, Ravoninjatovo B, Guguen C, et al. Insomnia in adults with cystic fibrosis: strong association with anxiety/depression and impaired quality of life. BMC Pulm Med 2021; 21:108.
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