[Effect of n-BiPAP therapy on the hemodynamics in patients with central sleep apnea].
We report of five patients, suffering from central sleep-apnea. All patients had a global respiratory failure during day-time and developed severe pulmonary artery hypertension during sleep. Therapy with n-BiPAP leeds to an improvement of blood gases and a decrease of pulmonary artery hypertension during sleep.
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Abt. Pneumologie/Kardiologie, DRK Krankenhaus Mark Brandenburg, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Freien Universität Berlin.
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D000328:Adult; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000503:physiopathology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D012894:Sleep Stages / Q000502:physiology
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen