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Central Sleep Apnea is approached differently than Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Check Central Sleep Apnea for HIGH RISK patients
Who is at risk?
CSA is common among patients with certain medical conditions:
- Severe obesity
- Heart Failure
- Atrial fibrillation
- Problems that affect the brain and brainstem:
- Brain infection
- Stroke (18% of Stroke Patients)
- Brain injury
- Developmental disorders
- Problems affecting the Spinal Cord
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Malformation - Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Spina Bifida
- Renal failure
- Mitochondrial diseases
- Acromegaly
Medications
- Opioids / Pain Killers * See Below*,
- Sleep Medicines
- Anxiety medicines (valium / diazepam, ativan / lorazepam, clonazepam)
- Alcohol
Symptoms of Central Sleep Apnea Include
- INSOMNIA OR SLEEPINESS - often mild
- Nocturnal dyspnea or nocturnal angina
- Fatigue, inattention, poor concentration, moodiness, decreased libido, and impotence
- MORNING HEADACHES
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Narcotic Types:
- codeine (only available in generic form)
- fentanyl (Actiq, Duragesic, Fentora, Abstral, Onsolis)
- hydrocodone (Hysingla ER, Zohydro ER)
- hydrocodone/acetaminophen (Lorcet, Lortab, Norco, Vicodin)
- hydromorphone (Dilaudid, Exalgo)
- meperidine (Demerol)
- methadone (Dolophine, Methadose)
- morphine (Kadian, MS Contin, Morphabond)
- oxycodone (OxyContin, Oxaydo)
- oxycodone and acetaminophen (Percocet, Roxicet)
- oxycodone and naloxone
