Long-term noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is being progressively used in children. The current guidelines recommend NIV initiation in the hospital during overnight polysomnography (PSG) titration study. Due to the logistic, socioeconomic, and financial difficulties including bed availability, an outpatient program for NIV initiation and patients/parents counseling to prevent delay and provide cost-effective care has been commissioned. Hence, this study reports on the clinical outcome of our...

Sleep-related breathing disorders can be divided into obstructive and central sleep apnea, and hypoventilation syndromes. The diagnosis is made according to an algorithm in which clinical symptoms and a polygraphy or polysomnography usually point the way. After initial diagnosis of the most common obstructive sleep apnea, conservative therapies such as positive airway pressure therapy (PAP therapy), positional therapy, and/or mandibular advancement splint are used in many cases, supplemented by...

The treatment of chronic hypoventilation usually requires noninvasive ventilation. However, upper airway obstruction can lead to hypoventilation in conditions such as obesity-hypoventilation syndrome, or chronic obstructive lung diseases (overlap syndrome). In these situations, continuous positive airway pressure can be an effective therapeutic option. This article reviews the pathophysiology of sleep-related hypoventilation, discusses situations where treatment with continuous positive airway...

CONCLUSIONS: SRH may be a poor prognostic factor for PPFE. Additionally, SRH may modify susceptibility to Aspergillosis in patients with PPFE. HOT plus NPPV may improve the disease outcomes in patients with SRH.