What is Central Sleep Apnea ?
November 15th, 2009
Central Sleep Apnea or CSA happens when your brain doesn’t send proper signals to the muscles that control your breathing. This condition is different from obstructive sleep apnea, in which you can’t breathe normally because of upper airway obstruction. Central sleep apnea is less common than obstructive sleep apnea.
Central Sleep Apnea can be caused by a number of conditions that affect the ability of your brainstem — which links your brain to your spinal cord and controls many functions such as heart rate and breathing — to control your breathing.
A video that describes Central Sleep Apnea, Diagnostics and general Q & A about Central Sleep apnea.
Central Sleep Apnea, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics (The Clinics: Internal Medicine Book 9)
Just about everything you might want to know about CSA or Central Sleep Apnea.
Dr. Peter Gay has put together a team of expert authors centering on the topic of Central Sleep Apnea. Focus will include articles on CSA due to other Medical Disorders, Cheyne-Stokes Respiration, Central Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease, Complex Sleep Apnea, Adaptive servo-ventilation Treatment, Drug induced central apneas- Mechanism and Therapies, ICSD-2 and AASM Practice Parameters, Alternative approaches to treatment of Central Sleep Apnea, and Infant central apnea on the following link.
Central Sleep Apnea, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics (The Clinics: Internal Medicine Book 9)