Open AccessAdaptive Servoventilation for Treatment of Opioid-Associated Central Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Shahrokh Javaheri,
Nicholas R. Harris,
Joseph Howard,
Eugene Chung
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3788
Subject(s) - medicine , sleep apnea , central sleep apnea , opioid , sleep (system call) , polysomnography , anesthesia , obstructive sleep apnea , cheyne–stokes respiration , apnea , heart failure , receptor , computer science , operating system
Opioids have become part of contemporary treatment in the management of chronic pain. Although severe daytime ventilatory depression is uncommon, chronic use of opioids could be associated with severe central and obstructive sleep apnea.
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