Central Sleep Apnea and Respiratory Arrest after Unilateral Lateral Medullary Infarction

Background: Central sleep apnea is characterized by loss of automatic respiration during sleep. There are only a few reports which document that medullary infarction resulted in central sleep apnea and failure in early recognition of this condition could be catastrophic. We report a case of central...

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Main Authors: Seong Ho Jeong, Younggun Lee, Minyoul Baik, Dongbeom Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Neurocritical Care Society 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Neurocritical Care
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Online Access:http://www.e-jnc.org/upload/pdf/jnc-9-1-33.pdf