Article: central sleep apnea

Article: Reversal of central sleep apnea with oxygen.
Chest;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Oxygen effectively reduces central sleep apnea in eucapnic patients ... l0] Patients with central sleep apnea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration ... patients with frequent central sleep apneas identified by sleep apnea recordings in a sleep ...

Article: Why has central sleep apnea suddenly become ...
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... therapy to prevent obstructive sleep apnea. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An important property of central sleep apnea is that it spontaneously starts ... used the term "complex" sleep apnea to lump central sleep apneas and other CPAP and ...

Article: Rx for heart failure-related apnea.(acetazolamide for ...
Internal Medicine News;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... acetazolamide appeared to improve sleep-disordered breathing in a study of 12 men with heart failure-related central sleep apnea. In central sleep apnea (CSA), respiration temporarily ceases because of a decline in partial pressure of carbon dioxide ...

Article: Highlights from the Journal SLEEP Focus on Schoolchildren, ...
U.S. Newswire;  November 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Fibrillation Found in Patients with Central Sleep Apnea Results of a study show an ... among patients with idiopathic central sleep apnea in the absence of congestive ... study compared 60 idiopathic central sleep apnea (CSA) patients with control ...

Article: Transient central sleep apnea ...
Chest;  October 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... unusual case of self- limiting central sleep apnea which resulted after a patient ... However, a new finding of central sleep apnea with a RDI of 91/hour was ... min of oxygen abolished the central sleep apnea. An additional sleep study ...

Article: The effect of successful heart transplant treatment of heart ...
Chest;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Study objective: Central sleep apnea (CSA) associated with Cheyne ... nerve activity. Key words: central sleep apnea; heart failure: sleep-disordered ... congestive heart failure; CSA central sleep apnea; LVEF = left ventricular ejection ...

Article: Cardiorespiratory effects of added dead space in patients with ...
Chest;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... breathing pattern of patients with central sleep apnea (CSA) with and without congestive ... positive airway pressure; CSA = central sleep apnea; DS = dead space; FETC ... volume ********** Central sleep apnea (CSA) is a common form of ...