Darlene G. Steljes

TL;DR: In severe, stable congestive heart failure, nocturnal oxygen therapy reduces Cheyne-Stokes respiration, corrects hypoxemia, and consolidates sleep by reducing arousals caused by the hyperpneic phase of Cheynes-Stoke respiration.

TL;DR: In severe, stable CHF, CSR occurs predominantly during light sleep, that despite normal awake arterial oxygen saturation, significant hypoxemia may develop during sleep due to CSR, and that sleep is unstable and disrupted due to frequent arousals caused by the hyperpneic phase of CSR.

TL;DR: Sleep studies should be performed on post-polio patients with excessive daytime sleepiness and respiratory complaints, including individuals already on respiratory assistance such as rocking beds who have features of respiratory failure who can be treated effectively with long-term nasal mechanical ventilation.

TL;DR: Review of the literature reveals that sleep-disordered breathing may be common in neuromuscular disorders, and may often be present when clinical weakness is mild, and insufficient to result in diurnal respiratory dysfunction.