Adaptive servo-ventilation as treatment of persistent central sleep apnea in post-acute ischemic stroke patients.

Brill, Anne-Kathrin; Rösti, Regula; Hefti, Jacqueline Pichler; Bassetti, Claudio; Gugger, Matthias; Ott, Sebastian Robert (2014). Adaptive servo-ventilation as treatment of persistent central sleep apnea in post-acute ischemic stroke patients. Sleep medicine, 15(11), pp. 1309-1313. Elsevier 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.06.013

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BACKGROUND

Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) is a well-established treatment of central sleep apnea (CSA) related to congestive heart failure (CHF). Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness and adherence in patients with CSA of other etiologies, and even less is known about treatment of CSA in patients of post ischemic stroke.

METHODS

A single-centre retrospective analysis of ASV treatment for CSA in post-acute ischemic stroke patients without concomitant CHF was performed. Demographics, clinical data, sleep studies, ventilator settings, and adherence data were evaluated.

RESULTS

Out of 154 patients on ASV, 15 patients had CSA related to ischemic stroke and were started on ASV a median of 11 months after the acute cerebrovascular event. Thirteen out of the 15 patients were initially treated with continuous positive airway pressure (11/15) and bilevel positive airway pressure (2/15) therapy with unsatisfactory control of CSA. ASV significantly improved AHI (46.7 ± 24.3 vs 8.5 ± 12/h, P = 0.001) and reduced ESS (8.7 ± 5.7 vs 5.6 ± 2.5, P = 0.08) with a mean nightly use of ASV of 5.4 ± 2.4 h at 3 months after the initiation of treatment. Results were maintained at 6 months.

CONCLUSION

ASV was well tolerated and clinically effective in this group of patients with persistent CSA after ischemic stroke.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Brill, Anne-Kathrin, Bassetti, Claudio L.A., Gugger, Matthias, Ott, Sebastian Robert

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1389-9457

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Valentina Rossetti

Date Deposited:

27 Feb 2015 10:23

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:25

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.sleep.2014.06.013

PubMed ID:

25190260

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Cerebrovascular insult, Continuous positive airway pressure, Epworth Sleepiness Scale, Neurologic disorders, Sleep disordered breathing, Stroke distribution

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.63680

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/63680

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