Name: Central Sleep Apnea
Creator: Shahrokh Javaheri
Keywords: Heart Failure, 2. Zero hunger, Altitude, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Polysomnography, Hemodynamics, Comorbidity, Neuromuscular Diseases, Sleep Apnea, Central, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2010 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Clinics in Chest Medicine, volume 31, pages 235-248 (issn: 0272-5231,

Authors: Shahrokh Javaheri;

doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.02.013

pmid: 20488284

Central Sleep Apnea

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Abstract

Central apnea is caused by temporary failure in the pontomedullary pacemaker generating breathing rhythm, which results in the loss of ventilatory effort, and if it lasts 10 seconds or more it is defined as central apnea. This article reviews current knowledge on central sleep apnea.

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Keywords

Heart Failure, Altitude, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Polysomnography, Hemodynamics, Comorbidity, Neuromuscular Diseases, Sleep Apnea, Central, Hypercapnia, Stroke, Humans, Lung

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