title: Central alveolar hypoventilation and sleep. Treatment by intermittent positive-pressure ventilation through nasal mask in an adult.
abstract: Idiopathic central alveolar hypoventilation, uncommonly seen in middle-aged adults, has often been treated by tracheostomy and assisted ventilation during sleep or by implantation of a diaphragmatic pacemaker with or without tracheostomy. We report the successful treatment of a middle-aged man by the easy application of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation through a nose mask.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guilleminault
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stoohs
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Podszus
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Wichert
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology