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Acute cardiopulmonary failure from sleep-disordered breathing.
Chest - 1 Mar 2012
Carr Gordon E, Mokhlesi Babak, Gehlbach Brian K
Abstract excerpt
Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) comprises a diverse set of disorders marked by abnormal respiration during sleep. Clinicians should realize that SDB may present as acute cardiopulmonary failure in susceptible patients. In this review, we discuss three clinical phenotypes of acute cardiopulmonary failure from SDB: acute ventilatory failure, acute congestive heart failure, and sudden death. We review the...
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