How do you manage patients with central sleep apnea due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?
Are there specific scenarios in which you employ BPAP with a back up rate?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
I assume you are referring to CSA with Cheyne-Stokes respiration. Several possibilities, but first ask yourself what your treatment goal is. If the patient does NOT have symptoms (frequent awakenings, daytime sleepiness, etc.) I contend that you don't need to treat at all. We already know that ...