PMID- 25154991 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150908 LR - 20181202 IS - 0376-2491 (Print) IS - 0376-2491 (Linking) VI - 94 IP - 24 DP - 2014 Jun 24 TI - [Decreased hypoxic ventilatory chemoresponsiveness and clinical features in patients with narcolepsy cataplexy]. PG - 1870-3 AB - OBJECTIVE: To explore the relationship between hypoxic responsiveness of the patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy and their clinical features. METHODS: A total of 113 patients with narcolepsy-cataplexy (narcolepsy group) at Peking University People's Hospital from June 2007 to May 2008 and 128 gender-age matched volunteers (control group) were recruited. And their status of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQB1*0602 was examined to differentiate hypercapnic and hypoxic responsiveness. Among them, 93 patients with severe hypersomnolence had hypercapnic and hypoxic responsiveness tested before and after the treatment of methylphenidate and another 20 with severe cataplexy did the same before and after the treatment of chlorimiopramine. RESULTS: Compared with the control group, the narcolepsy group had depressed hypoxic responsiveness ((-0.135 +/- 0.105) vs (-0.223 +/- 0.136) Lxmin(-)(1) x %SpO(2)(-)(1), P < 0.001). After the treatment of methylphenidate, sleepiness improved significantly in all 93 patients, but their low hypoxic responsiveness did not change ((-0.151 +/- 0.111) vs (-0.149 +/- 0.105) Lxmin(-)(1)x % SpO(2)(-)(1), P = 0.780). After the treatment of chlorimiopramine, cataplexy also improved in 20 patients.However their low hypoxic responsiveness had no change ((-0.114 +/- 0.054) vs (-0.115 +/- 0.065) Lxmin(-)(1) x %SpO(2)(-)(1), P = 0.949). CONCLUSION: Lower hypoxic responsiveness in narcolepsy group is not related with the clinical features of disease. FAU - Zhang, Xiaozhe AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - Dong, Xiaosong AU - Dong X AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - Li, Jing AU - Li J AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - Han, Fang AU - Han F AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. Email: hanfang1@hotmail.com. FAU - Yan, Han AU - Yan H AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - An, Pei AU - An P AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - Zhao, Long AU - Zhao L AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. FAU - Gao, Zhancheng AU - Gao Z AD - Department of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing 100044, China. LA - chi PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi JT - Zhonghua yi xue za zhi JID - 7511141 RN - 0 (HLA-DQ beta-Chains) SB - IM MH - *Cataplexy MH - HLA-DQ beta-Chains MH - Humans MH - Hypercapnia MH - *Hypoxia EDAT- 2014/08/27 06:00 MHDA- 2015/09/09 06:00 CRDT- 2014/08/27 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/09/09 06:00 [medline] PST - ppublish SO - Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2014 Jun 24;94(24):1870-3.