The treatment of central sleep apnea syndromes in adults: Practice parameters with an evidence-based literature review and meta-analyses

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 17-40

  Aurora, R Nisha ^a   Chowdhuri, Susmita ^b   Ramar, Kannan ^c   Bista, Sabin R ^d   Casey, Kenneth R ^e   Lamm, Carin I ^f   Kristo, David A ^g   Mallea, Jorge M ^h   Rowley, James A ⁱ   Zak, Rochelle S ^j   Tracy, Sharon L ^k   Thomas, Sherene ^l  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k American Academy of Sleep Medicine   (United States)

^l NONE

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Author keywords

ASV; Central sleep apnea; Clinical guidelines; Oxygen therapy; PAP

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; THEOPHYLLINE; TRIAZOLAM; ZOLPIDEM;

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIALYSIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA, CENTRAL;

EID: 84856992005     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1580     Document Type: Review

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