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Las personas con apnea central del sueño tienen episodios de interrupción de la respiración durante el sueño.
Otros síntomas pueden abarcar:
Se pueden presentar otros síntomas si la apnea se debe a una afección neurológica. Los síntomas dependen de la enfermedad subyacente y de qué partes del sistema nervioso haya afectado, pero pueden abarcar:
El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico. Se harán exámenes para diagnosticar una afección subyacente. Un estudio del sueño (polisomnografía) puede confirmar la presencia de apnea del sueño.
Otros exámenes que se pueden hacer abarcan:
Eckert DJ, Jordan AS, Merchia P, Malhotra A. Central sleep apnea: pathophysiology and treatment. Chest. 2007;131:595-607.
Malhotra A. Disorders of ventilatory control. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 86.
Pien GW, Pack AI. Sleep disordered breathing. In: Mason RJ, Broaddus VC, Martin TR, et al, eds. Murray and Nadel’s Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 79.
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