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Hypoventilation

About: Hypoventilation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1772 publications have been published within this topic receiving 40799 citations. The topic is also known as: respiratory depression.


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TL;DR: Use of a nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system proved effective in delivering a prescribed concentration of oxygen from the time of acute exacerbation until returning home in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and sleep-related hypoventilation.
Abstract: Introduction: Sleep-related hypoventilation should be considered in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, because appropriate respiratory management during sleep is important for preventing elevation of PaCO2 levels. A nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system using a special nasal cannula can deliver suitably heated and humidified oxygen at up to 60 L/min. Since the oxygen concentration remains a constant independent of minute ventilation, this system is particularly useful in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who have hypercapnia. This is the first report of sleep-related hypoventilation with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improving using a nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system. Case presentation: We report the case of a 73-year-old Japanese female who started noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and CO2 narcosis due to respiratory infection. Since she became agitated as her level of consciousness improved, she was switched to a nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system. When a repeat polysomnography was performed while using the nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system, the Apnea Hypopnea Index was 3.7 times/h, her mean SpO2 had increased from 89 to 93%, percentage time with SpO2 ≤ 90% had decreased dramatically from 30.8 to 2.5%, and sleep stage 4 was now detected for 38.5 minutes. As these findings indicated marked improvements in sleep-related hypoventilation, nasal high-flow oxygen therapy was continued at home. She has since experienced no recurrences of CO2 narcosis and has been able to continue home treatment. Conclusions: Use of a nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system proved effective in delivering a prescribed concentration of oxygen from the time of acute exacerbation until returning home in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, dementia and sleep-related hypoventilation. The nasal high-flow oxygen therapy system is currently used as a device to administer high concentrations of oxygen in many patients with type I respiratory failure, but may also be useful instead of a Venturi mask in patients like ours with type II respiratory failure, additionally providing some positive end-expiratory pressure.

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TL;DR: The study supports the usefulness of supplementing diagnostic classifications with functional classifications to obtain complete information on health-related conditions in children with CCHS.
Abstract: Purpose. The main aim of this study is to examine the functioning of children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS), a rare disorder of respiratory control associated with physiological and anatomical manifestations of a generalised autonomic nervous system dysfunction, using WHO's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, Children and Youth version (ICF-CY).Method. The data of 26 children, (F = 17) aged 1.5–17.5 years, were collected. Data were analysed in the following four age groups: <3, 3–6, 7–12 and 13–18 years, using only the ICF-CY questionnaires' cross-age items.Results. In the body functions, component breathing and paying attention were common problems for four age groups. In the activity and participation component, all children, except adolescents, showed problems with language. Furthermore, problems in social interaction were evident for all age ranges, except the youngest. Finally, in the environmental factors component, parents reported limitatio...

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TL;DR: An 18-year-old, previously healthy male presented with bilateral pneumonia and acute respiratory failure with severe carbon dioxide retention and was noted to have a mixed type of sleep apnea.
Abstract: An 18-year-old, previously healthy male presented with bilateral pneumonia and acute respiratory failure with severe carbon dioxide retention. The presence of mild brainstem signs and hypoventilation led to the discovery of a platybasia, basilar invagination, and kinking of the medulla oblongata with early syrinx. He was operated upon but postoperatively was noted to have a mixed type of sleep apnea. This case illustrates the diagnostic challenge in acute respiratory failure in a previously healthy young person and the possible pathogenic mechanisms underlying it.

18 citations

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TL;DR: The fatal acute progressive respiratory impairment in the present case was attributed to impairment of the automatic respiratory system (Ondine's curse) rather than the voluntary respiratory system.
Abstract: A 70-year-old man presented with unilateral lateral medullary infarction, and then died of rapidly progressive respiratory failure within a day. The clinical manifestations were hiccups, hoarseness, dysarthria, nystagmus, left central facial paralysis, paralysis of the left soft palate, dysphagia, decreased superficial sensation over the right face and upper limb, and cerebellar ataxia in the left upper and lower limbs. The arterial blood gas analysis revealed mild hypoventilation. Soon thereafter, an apneic episode occurred during a sleep and advanced to ataxic respiration, and the patient died. Pathologically, there were fresh ischemic infarction localized to the left dorsolateral area of the upper medulla, caused by atherothrombotic occlusion of the left vertebral artery. These foci were in the areas including the medullary reticular formation, the solitary nucleus, the intramedullary fibers of the vagus nerve, and the nucleus ambiguus on the left side. We attributed the fatal acute progressive respiratory impairment in the present case to impairment of the automatic respiratory system (Ondine's curse) rather than the voluntary respiratory system.

18 citations

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TL;DR: Test the hypothesis that desogestrel strengthens baseline ventilation by analyzing the ventilation of CCHS patients and results open up clinical perspectives based on the combination of this progestin with serotoninergic drugs to enhance ventilation in CCHs patients.

18 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
2023114
2022173
202173
202071
201949
201860