Central Sleep Apnea Treatment: New AASM Guidelines

About this episode

The episode discusses the new AASM clinical practice guidelines for central sleep apnea treatment with expert guests.

In this season 8 premiere of Talking Sleep, host Dr. Seema Khosla welcomes three members of the AASM guideline committee—Dr. Rami Khayat, Professor and Division Chief of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine and Director of Penn State Health Sleep Services; Dr. Shirine Allam, Professor of Medicine at Emory University and Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the Atlanta VA Medical Center; and Dr. Christine Won, Medical Director of Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine and Professor of Medicine at Yale University—to discuss the newly released AASM clinical practice guidelines for central sleep apnea treatment. The conversation begins with the rigorous process behind guideline development, clarifying the distinction between evidence-based recommendations and expert opinion. The panel systematically walks through each recommendation, addressing CPAP use across various CSA etiologies including primary CSA, heart failure-related CSA, medication-induced CSA, treatment-emergent CSA, and CSA due to medical conditions. A surprising recommendation against BPAP without backup rate generates discussion about why backup rates matter and why heart failure…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Seema Khosla

Guests: Dr. Rami Khayat, Dr. Shirine Allam, Dr. Christine Won

Topics covered

• central sleep apnea
• treatment guidelines
• CPAP
• adaptive servo-ventilation
• heart failure
• evidence-based medicine

Keywords

• central sleep apnea
• AASM guidelines
• CPAP
• BPAP
• adaptive servo-ventilation
• heart failure
• evidence-based recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AASM, Penn State Health Sleep Services, Emory University, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine, Yale University

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