Central Sleep Apnea
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Central sleep apnea is a disorder in which your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. Central sleep apnea occurs because your brain doesn’t send proper signals to the muscles that control your breathing.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: 11-Central Sleep Apnea
Diagnosis: The brain accidentally does not have the lungs breathe in, losing fresh oxygen
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Brain Area: pre-Botzinger complex – in the cerebellum which controls the regularity of breathing
Symptoms: Gaps in breaithing can damage or kill brain cells due to lack of fresh oxygen.
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Therapies: Bi-pap and C-pap breathing machines help the regularity of breathing.
Youtube Video: Understanding Mechanisms of Central Sleep Apnea
Amazon or libarary Book: Central Sleep Apnea
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Group: sleepeducation.org/sleepdisorders; 630-737-9700; (AASM-American Academy of Sleep Disorders)
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Medication-induced central sleep apnea: beyond the unification of concepts, seizing the opportunity to precision medicineby Sébastien Baillieul on May 18, 2024
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- SENP1 regulates intermittent hypoxia-induced microglia mediated inflammation and cognitive dysfunction via Wnt/β-catenin pathwayby Xiwen Ou on May 18, 2024
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), characterized by repeated narrow or collapse of the upper airway during sleep, resulting in periodic reductions or cessations in ventilation, consequent hypoxia, hypercapnia, increased sympathetic activity and sleep fragmentation, places a serious burden on society and health care. Intermittent hypoxia (IH), which cause central nervous system (CNS) inflammation, and ultimately lead to neuropathy, is thought to be a crucial contributor to cognitive...
- Reconsidering screening thresholds in health assessments for obstructive sleep apnea using operational and safety incident databy Anjum Naweed on May 12, 2024
The rail industry in Australia screens workers for probable obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) due to known safety risks. However, existing criteria to trigger screening only identify a small proportion of workers with OSA. The current study sought to examine the relationship between OSA risk and rail incidents in real-world data from Australian train drivers, and conducted a proof of concept analysis to determine whether more conservative screening criteria are justified. Health assessment...
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of Postoperative Complications after Non-Cardiac Surgeryby Rabail Arif Chaudhry on May 11, 2024
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a common sleep disorder, poses significant challenges in perioperative management due to its complexity and multifactorial nature. With a global prevalence of approximately 22.6%, OSA often remains undiagnosed, and increases the risk of cardiac and respiratory postoperative complications. Preoperative screening has become essential in many institutions to identify patients at increased risk, and experts recommend proceeding with surgery in the absence of severe...