Effects of general anesthesia on postoperative sleep cycles in dentally disabled patients.

Terumi AyuseShinji KurataTakuro SanukiGaku MishimaKensuke KiriishiMari KawaiToshihiro WatanabeYu Ozaki-HondaNaomi TanoueNobuaki MagataKaori YamaguchiMizuki YoshidaTerumi Ayuse

Published in: Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry (2018)

The percentage of deep sleep decreased significantly on postoperative day 1 while the percentage of light sleep increased. Sleep cycles were also significantly extended on postoperative day 1. These results reveal that the sleep cycle is somehow affected on the first day following general anesthesia.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
physical activity
patients undergoing
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
genome wide
patient reported outcomes