… previous studies demonstrating abnormal chemical ventilatory control in patients with OSA
… used to assess ventilatory stability during wakefulness or sleep. For example, the ventilatory …

… Ventilatory control instability Persons with OSA generally have greater instability of ventilatory
control … input from respiratory control centers, unstable ventilatory control will cause greater …

… overshoots; (c) the marked reductions in respiratory motor output which initiate the apnoea
… (see examples below under ‘Ventilatory control instability and obstructive sleep apnoea’). In …

… persist despite the use of CPAP and supplemental oxygen. In … nasal ventilation (nocturnal
nasal positive pressure ventilation [… a more rapid control of the sleep-linked respiratory failure …

… (CPAP) is the first-choice treatment for obstructive sleep-disordered breathing. Automatic
bilevel ventilation can be used to treat obstructive sleep-disordered breathing when CPAP is …

… These fluctuations in ventilation, P a C O 2 and cerebral blood flow (CBF) during sleep
could destabilize the ventilatory control system and thereby perpetuate sleep apnoea. Studies …

… higher ventilatory responses to … asleep and (2) chronic hyperventilation is probably related
to augmented central and peripheral respiratory drive which predisposes to respiratory control …

… of sleep due to increased ventilatory … sleep apnea in these families is not explained by
obesity alone. Genetically determined craniofacial features or abnormalities of ventilatory control …

… unclear if individual differences in ventilatory control or ventilatory control stability played an
… a measure of ventilatory control stability, could be quantified in humans during sleep. Using …

… apnea–ventilation cycle length during central sleep apnea (… responsive peripheral CO 2
ventilatory responses would be … Obstructive sleep apnea is also frequently observed in CHF …