Disease or Syndrome
central sleep apnea
cen·tral sleep ap·ne·a
Subclass of:
Sleep Apnea Syndromes
Definitions related to sleep apnea, central:
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(central sleep apnea) A disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops during sleep, because the brain doesn't properly signal the muscles that control breathing.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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(central sleep apnea) Cessation of air flow during sleep due to abnormal central nervous system control.NICHD Pediatric TerminologyU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(central sleep apnea) Sleep apnea resulting from a transient abolition of the central drive to the ventilatory muscles.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(central sleep apnea) The periodic cessation of breathing while asleep that occurs secondary to the decreased responsiveness of the respiratory center of the brain to carbon dioxide, resulting in alternating cycles of apnea and hyperpnea.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A condition associated with multiple episodes of sleep apnea which are distinguished from obstructive sleep apnea (SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE) by the complete cessation of efforts to breathe. This disorder is associated with dysfunction of central nervous system centers that regulate respiration.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Central sleep apnea (CSA) is a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by changes in ventilatory drive without airway obstruction. Most of these conditions cause asymptomatic changes in breathing pattern during sleep. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings and, when necessary, confirmed by polysomnography. Treatment is...Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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The term central sleep apnea encompasses a heterogeneous group of sleep-related breathing disorders in which respiratory effort is diminished or absent in an intermittent or cyclical fashion during sleep. In most cases, central sleep apnea is associated with obstructive sleep apnea syndromes or is caused by an underlying medical...WebMD, 2019
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Central sleep apnea is a disorder in which your breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep.Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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Central sleep apnea (CSA) syndromes are characterized by repetitive absent or diminished respiratory efforts that occur intermittently or in a cyclical pattern predominantly during sleep. They are classified according to their underlying etiology as primary or secondary. CSA is most commonly encountered in clinical practice as a result...Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
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