Figures & data
Figure 1 Typical 24h-hypno of a cirrhotic patient, showing four naps over day and a disturbed sleep with several wake periods after sleep onset.
Abbreviations: N1, sleep stage 1; N2, sleep stage 2; N3, sleep stage 3; W, wake; hypno, hypnogram; U, unknown sleep stage; R, rapid eye movement sleep.
![Figure 1 Typical 24h-hypno of a cirrhotic patient, showing four naps over day and a disturbed sleep with several wake periods after sleep onset.](/cms/asset/273f6fb4-9c24-4da8-8d2e-2c5f7a9f1fc0/dnss_a_186665_f0001_b.jpg)
Table 1 Comparison of sleep–wake parameters between cirrhotic patients and healthy controls
Table 2 Polysomnographic parameters of cirrhotic patients
Table 3 Possible pathophysiological mechanisms explaining sleep–wake abnormalities in cirrhotic patients