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Unusual case of central alveolar hypoventilation

Hadil AK. AlOtair, Abdulaziz H. Alzeer, Mohammed A. Abdou and Shaden O. Qasrawi
Saudi Medical Journal March 2018, 39 (3) 305-310; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.3.210803
Hadil AK. AlOtair
From the Department of Critical Care (AlOtair, Alzeer, Abdou), and the University Sleep Disorder Center (Qasrawi), College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulaziz H. Alzeer
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Mohammed A. Abdou
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Shaden O. Qasrawi
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    Sleep study. Epoch displaying desaturation off mechanical ventilation while on tracheostomy mask (arrow). Stage - sleep stage, HR - heart rate, BPM - beat per minutes, SPO2 - oxygen saturation, CA - central apnea, OA - obstructive apnea, MA - mixed apnea, HYP - hypopnea, Desat - desaturation durati, Pos - position, S - supine, IPAP - inspiratory, positive airway pressure, EPAP - expiratory positive airway pressure

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    Sleep study epoch displaying sleep realted hypoventilation during diagnostic part (solid arrow), which was eliminated by BPAP ST/T mode and significant desaturation on pacemaker alone (broken arrow). Stage - sleep stage, HR - heart rate, BPM - beat per minutes, SPO2 - oxygen saturation, CA - central apnea, OA - obstructive apnea, MA - mixed apnea, HYP - hypopnea, Desat - desaturation durati, Pos - position, S - supine, L - left, IPAP - inspiratory, positive airway pressure, EPAP - expiratory positive airway pressure

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Hadil AK. AlOtair, Abdulaziz H. Alzeer, Mohammed A. Abdou, Shaden O. Qasrawi
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2018, 39 (3) 305-310; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.3.210803

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Hadil AK. AlOtair, Abdulaziz H. Alzeer, Mohammed A. Abdou, Shaden O. Qasrawi
Saudi Medical Journal Mar 2018, 39 (3) 305-310; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2018.3.210803
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