Sleep-Related Hypoventilations
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
Sleep-related hypoventilation describes breathing that is too slow or shallow during sleep. The first signs of hypoventilation typically occur during sleep because when we’re awake, our brain can play a more active role5 in regulating our breathing.
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Wiki Number: 42-Sleep-Related Hypoventilations
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Youtube Video: Ventilation, Hypoventilation & Hyperventilation
Amazon or Library Book: (Kindle Only)
A Simple Guide to Hypoventilation Syndromes
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Support Group: CCHS Network.org; (Congenital Central Hypoventilation – genetically-caused inadequate breathing)
Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
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- The effects of low-dose morphine on sleep and breathlessness in COPD: A randomized trialby Thomas James Altree on December 15, 2024
BACKGROUND: Low-dose morphine may be prescribed to reduce chronic breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Recent subjective findings suggest morphine may influence breathlessness through sleep-related mechanisms. However, concerns exist regarding opioid safety in COPD. The effects of morphine during sleep in COPD have not been objectively investigated. This study aimed to objectively determine the effects of low-dose morphine on sleep.
- Endotypic Traits Characterizing Obesity and Sleep-related Hypoventilation in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apneaby Liang-Wen Hang on December 3, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: A ceiling effect of upper airway compensation function coupled with worse collapsibility and high loop gain characterizes pathological endotypes of obese patients with OSA. Patients with SHD exhibited a more sensitive respiratory pattern, indicated by increased loop gain.
- Pulmonary arterial hypertension therapies in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a case seriesby Kyohei Daigo on November 21, 2024
Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is caused by complex interactions between multiple pathological processes, including diminished respiratory drive and sleep-related breathing alterations, leading to structural and functional respiratory impairment and ultimately, pulmonary hypertension (PH). Because PH is closely associated with OHS, thoroughly evaluating its etiology is essential, and individualized treatments must be considered. We describe two patients with OHS exhibiting severe PH with...
- Polysomnographic features of children with obesity: body mass index predict severe obstructive sleep apnea in obese children?by Rungrat Sukharom on November 13, 2024
CONCLUSION: Severe OSA is common in children with obesity; thus, we recommend screening children with obesity and a BMI greater than 29.2 kg/m2 for severe OSA.