Ventilatory control during sleep in the elderly.
This review has briefly discussed the normal control of respiration during sleep with aging. Although we still do not have a complete understanding of ventilatory control during sleep in the elderly, it is clear that disorders of ventilation during sleep are clinically important in older overweight individuals. The identification of risk factors in this group will lead to an increased awareness and diagnosis of these disorders and therefore result in the development of rational approaches to the management of these individuals.
D000368:Aged; D002639:Cheyne-Stokes Respiration / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D012119:Respiration; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical