Central sleep apnea

[exinilu]

Central sleep apnea (CSA) is a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by changes in ventilatory drive without airway obstruction. Most of these conditions cause asymptomatic changes in breathing pattern during sleep. The diagnosis is based on clinical findings and, when necessary, confirmed by polysomnography. Treatment is supportive.

[Julian]

a condition in which a person repeatedly stops breathing when they are sleeping because of wrong messages from the brain to the muscles used for breathing