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. 2020 Jun 15;16(6):961–969. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8392

Table 4.

Polysomnography parameters and arterial blood gas analysis as measures of hypoxia in patients with SDB.

Study Mean SpO2 (%) Minimal SpO2 (%) ODI (≥3%) PaO2 and PaCO2 (mm Hg)*
Pain:Opioids Pain:No Opioids No Pain:No Opioids Pain:Opioids Pain:No Opioids No Pain:No Opioids Pain:Opioids Pain:No Opioids No Pain:No Opioids Pain:Opioids Pain:No Opioids No Pain:No Opioids
Recruitment location: sleep clinics
 Walker 2007 Awake: 91 ± 3,† NREM: 90 ± 3,† REM: 89 ± 7 Awake: 93 ± 2, NREM: 92 ± 2, REM: 91 ± 4 NR NR NR NR
 Farney 2008 90 ± 4 80 ± 8 31 ± 34
Farney 2008 NR NR NR 84 ± 6 83 ± 7 83 ± 7 20 ± 24 24 ± 27 25 ± 23
Jungquist 2012 94 ± 3 83 ± 8 NR PaO2: 80; range, 59–99; PaCO2: range, 42–53
Recruitment location: pain clinics
Webster 2008 NR NR NR
Mogri 2009 NR NR NR
Rose 2014 Awake: 94 ± 1.6† Awake: 97 ± 1.3 NR NR PaO2: 81.4 ± 9; range, 74–86; PaCO2: 44.8 ± 41; range: 42–47
Shapiro 2015 93 ± 3 80 ± 8 33 ± 29
Pampati 2016 NR NR NR NR NR NR

Values are expressed as mean ± SD where appropriate. *Data obtained from arterial blood gas analysis. †P < .05 vs no pain:no opioids. NR = not reported, NREM = non–rapid eye movement, ODI = oxygen desaturation index, PaCO2 = partial pressure of CO2 in arterial blood, PaO2 = partial pressure of O2 in arterial blood, REM = rapid eye movement, SpO2 = peripheral capillary O2 saturation.