Development of Central Sleep Apnea After Sleep Surgery [PDF]
Central sleep apnea (CSA) is defined as an absence of breathing without respiratory drive during sleep. It can occur after treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a phenomenon known as treatment-emergent central sleep apnea (TECSA). We present a case
Jungghi Kim, Jong-Gyun Ha, Hyung-Ju Cho
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Orthodontic Approach to Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome Cases
Sleep apnea syndrome is a disease which occurs during sleeping and which is characterized by apneic and hypopneic events, low oxygen levels in lungs (hypoxia), blood oxygen desaturation, sleep arousal and/or awakening.
Handan Tuğçe Oğuz +1 more
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Effect of Zolpidem and Enhanced Expiratory Rebreathing Space on Complex Sleep Apnea [PDF]
Treatment-emergent central sleep apnea has been referred to as ‘complex sleep apnea’, where apparently obstructive respiratory events convert to central apneas with application of positive airway pressure.
Chang-Ho Yun, Robert J. Thomas
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Sleep Apnea in Organic Solvent Exposed Workers [PDF]
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of sleep apnea in solvent exposed workers and to find out the relationship between exposure level and sleep apnea.
Gülseren Sağcan +4 more
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Central sleep apnea in a treatment-resistant migraine patient: a case report [PDF]
Introduction: Patients with migraine, who suffer from sleep apnea, whether obstructive or central, might lead to treatment-resistant headaches. In this study, we have reported a 42-year-old man with a confirmed treatment-resistant migraine headaches and ...
Zahra Parsapour +3 more
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Severe Central Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea Syndrome Mimicking Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder [PDF]
Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a sleep disorder characterized by loss of muscle atonia during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep associated with dream enactment. However, these complex behaviors can also occur in other sleep disorders, a
Joon Mo Koo, Su-Hyun Han, Sang-Ahm Lee
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Clinical predictors of central sleep apnea evoked by positive airway pressure titration [PDF]
Marilyn Moro,1 Karen Gannon,1 Kathy Lovell,1 Margaret Merlino,1 James Mojica,2 Matt T Bianchi,1,3 1Neurology Department, 2Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 3Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical ...
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Treatment emergent obstructive sleep apnea after Chiari surgery: A case report [PDF]
Patients with Chiari type I malformation may also present with sleep disordered breathing mainly central sleep apnea. Here, we report a patient with Chiari I malformation referred to our clinic because of snoring and sleep ...
Hamed Amirifard +2 more
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Idiopathic central sleep apnea with periodicity presenting as Cheyne-Stokes breathing – Case report [PDF]
Cheyne-Stokes breathing (CSB) is described by a cyclic variation in breathing with periods of central apneas or hypopneas alternating with periods of hypopneas in a gradual waxing and waning manner.
T.V. Anilkumar +5 more
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Sleep-disordered breathing (obstructive and central sleep apnea) are common in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Herein, we report a 69-year-old patient with a history of severe heart failure and refractory ventricular ...
Saif Mashaqi +8 more
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