A case of behavioural hyperventilation associated with severe central sleep apnoea and follow-up management

Thorax. 2016 Jun;71(6):571-4. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207936. Epub 2016 Mar 23.

Authors

Yun Li¹, Jason G Weed², Rong Ren¹, Yuanfeng Sun¹, Ke Zou¹, Lin Lu³, Xiangdong Tang¹

Affiliations

¹ Sleep Medicine Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Center, and State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
² Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
³ Peking University Sixth Hospital, Institute of Mental Health and Key Laboratory of Mental Health, Peking University, Beijing, China.

PMID: 27009945
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207936

No abstract available

Keywords: Sleep apnoea.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Capnography
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Hyperventilation / diagnosis*
Hyperventilation / physiopathology
Hyperventilation / therapy*
Hypnotics and Sedatives / therapeutic use
Lorazepam / therapeutic use
Male
Polysomnography
Pyridines / therapeutic use
Respiratory Dead Space
Respiratory Function Tests
Sleep Stages
Zolpidem

Substances

Hypnotics and Sedatives
Pyridines
Zolpidem
Lorazepam