Comparison of Therapeutic Approaches to Addicted Patients with Central Sleep Apnea.
Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: , 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. MATERIALS AND METHODS: and BPAP) in which if the patient was nonresponsive to a treatment, the next therapy was applied. If the patient was nonresponsive to all of these approaches, only oxygen was administered. Finally, the collected data were analyzed with SPSS software (ver. 22). RESULTS: . CONCLUSION: Accordingly, CPAP and BPAP are successful approaches to treat opioid related CSA patients in various medical conditions including long-run addiction course, concurrent smoking and addiction but it appears that further studies are essential.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Christoph Schoebel, Amir Ghaderi, Babak Amra, Forogh Soltaninejad, Thomas Penzel, Ingo Fietze
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3024288116