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When do you consider Cheyne-Stokes respirations noted in download data from positive pressure machines to be normal vs abnormal requiring intervention?

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Do you obtain an MSLT or start empiric therapy with modafinil in patients with residual excessive daytime sleepiness despite optimal adherence to PAP therapy?

In patients with an average of less than 5 respiratory events per hour, adequate sleep duration and hygiene were confirmed on the sleep log, absent ca...

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What is your diagnostic approach to patients referred for central sleep apnea on PSG but normal overnight EEG and MRI?

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How do you manage patients with central sleep apnea due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?

Are there specific scenarios in which you employ BPAP with a back up rate?

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How do you manage insomnia in cancer patients that is refractory to traditional sleep aides?

In patients who continue to have insomnia despite diphenhydramine, benzos, and trazodone, are there other evidence based treatments that are helpful?

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The European respiratory journal, 2023 Feb 09

Effect of adaptive servo-ventilation for central sleep apnoea in systolic heart failure on muscle sympathetic nerve activity: a SERVE-HF randomised ancillary study.

Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2017 Nov 15

Distinct Patterns of Hyperpnea During Cheyne-Stokes Respiration: Implication for Cardiac Function in Patients With Heart Failure.

Sleep, 2007-06

Relationship between hours of CPAP use and achieving normal levels of sleepiness and daily functioning.

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