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How do you manage patients with central sleep apnea due to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction?

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Pulmonology · Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

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 there...

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