%0 Journal Article
%T Comparison of Therapeutic Approaches to Addicted Patients with Central Sleep Apnea
%A Amir Ghaderi
%A Babak Amra
%A Christoph Schoebel
%A Forogh Soltaninejad
%A Ingo Fietze
%A Thomas Penzel
%J Archive of "Tanaffos".
%D 2018
%X Nowadays, the most practical approaches used to treat sleep apnea, are Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure therapy (BPAP), supplemental O2, servoventilation and/or a combination of these approaches simultaneously. However, each leads to different consequences in opioid related Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) patients. Given the high prevalence of CSA and frequently use of opioids worldwide, it seems that evaluation of the condition in these patients is required to determine their responsiveness to the above mentioned treatments and to choose the most appropriate therapy
%K Central sleep apnea
%K Continuous positive airway pressure
%K Bi-level positive airway pressure
%K Supplemental O2
%K Addiction
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6428378/