Tachypnea Seen During Positive Airway Pressure Titration Studies: A Case Series of Four Patients

Authors

Arielle H. Gupta, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Timothy A. Roehrs, Henry Ford HealthFollow
K Moss, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Syed Jaffery, Henry Ford HealthFollow
L Bazan, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Laura Spear, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Larry Darnell, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Thomas Roth, Henry Ford HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Gupta A, Roehrs T, Moss K, Jaffery S, Bazan L, Spear L, Darnell L, and Roth T. Tachypnea seen during positive airway pressure titration studies: A case series of four patients. J Clin Sleep Med 2018; 14(10):1801-1804.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-15-2018

Publication Title

J Clin Sleep Med

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We report a case series of four patients where tachypnea was observed during positive airway titration studies, double the baseline breathing rate (tachypnea range 46-68 breaths/min). It happened mainly during non-rapid eye movement to rapid eye movement sleep transitions without significant changes in oxygen saturation or signs of autonomic hyperactivity such as an increased heart rate. The increased respiratory rate may be a normal physiological extreme outlier seen during phasic rapid eye movement sleep triggered by high pressure ventilation and it may also indicate underlying ventilatory instability, making patients predisposed to central sleep apnea.

PubMed ID

30353818

Volume

14

Issue

10

First Page

1801

Last Page

1804