Central Sleep Apnea: eMedicine Pulmonology

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Central Sleep Apnea: eMedicine Pulmonology

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Overview: The term central sleep apnea encompasses a heterogeneous group of sleep-related breathing disorders in which respiratory effort is diminished or absent in an intermittent or cyclical fashion.1 In most cases, central sleep apnea is associated ...

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Tags: Sleep Disorder, Sleep, Sleep Apnea, Breathing, Disease and Condition, Pulmonology

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Most Recently Shared on January 26, 2010 at 6:18 pm By:

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Does central sleep apnea always require treatment? See the newly updated Pulmonology article at http://bit.ly/dCeJZB

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea: eMedicine Pulmonology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep disorder that involves cessation or significant decrease in airflow in the presence of breathing effort. Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of upper airway ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Preoperative scoring system for predicting sleep apnea in surgical patients. Check the 2010 update to the OSA article: http://bit.ly/d5TKDT

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Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: eMedicine Pulmonology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea (OSAH) is characterized by recurrent episodes of upper airway collapse and obstruction during sleep. These episodes of obstruction are associated with recurrent oxyhemoglobin desaturations and arousals from sleep. OSAH associated with excessive daytime ...View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Variable pressure vs fixed pressure for CPAP in sleep apnea treatment: http://bit.ly/9DCis2

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