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Management of Apnea in Procedural Sedation
 • Apnea Definition: The cessation of breathing for more than
Management of Apnea ... Procedural Sedation • Apnea ... medshubham #Apnea
CAPNOGRAPHY 
Provides a measure of ventilation – or concentration of CO2 exhaled air (aka end tidal
Apnea or hypoventilation ... time to detect Apnea ... hyperventilation #apnea
STOP-BANG - Screening Mnemonic for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

S - Snoring - Do you snore loudly?
T
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ... O - Observed Apneas ... Obstructive #Sleep #Apnea
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Disorders • Central Apnea ... Factitious by Proxy Apnea ... Breathing • Apnea
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
normopnea) and apnea ... hyperpnoea/hypopnea and Apnea
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Associated Conditions Apnea
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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heart") - Sleep apnea
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations on Physical Exam
Cheyne-Stokes is a type of breathing disorder characterized by cyclical episodes of
cyclical episodes of apnea
Biot's Respiration on Physical Exam
Biot's respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of
irregular periods of apnea
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations - Also known as periodic respiration, Cheyne-Stokes (RCS) is a type of central sleep
central sleep apnea