scholarly journals 1236 A Case of Systemic Amyloidosis and Sleep-Related Hypoventilation

SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A471-A472
Author(s):  
Lauren M Castner ◽  
Mark D Garwood

Abstract Introduction Amyloidoses are a group of systemic diseases characterized by misfolded protein fragment deposition within the organs, including the heart, kidney, liver, gastrointestinal tract, nervous system, pulmonary system, and soft tissues1. Obstructive and central sleep apnea are known to occur frequently in those with cardiac amyloidosis. This case discusses a patient with systemic amyloidosis and chronic hypercarbic, hypoxic respiratory failure. Report of Case A 66 year old female with a history of systemic amyloidosis, non-ischemic cardiomyopathy, hypertension, and obstructive sleep apnea was admitted for acute on chronic heart failure. Despite intravenous diuresis, she remained hypoxemic, requiring 1 liter per minute of oxygen. She was found to have bilaterally reduced diaphragmatic excursion and a restrictive ventilatory defect on spirometry. She had a preceding history of chronic carbon dioxide retention with elevated CO2 levels for greater than a year (52-74 mmHg). Sleep medicine was consulted to assist in evaluation of the patient’s obstructive sleep apnea and hypoxic, hypercarbic respiratory failure. Baseline polysomnogram revealed sleep related hypoventilation with transcutaneous CO2 (TCO2) ranging between 77-86 mmHg without clear obstructive sleep apnea. A bilevel positive airway pressure (BPAP) titration was then performed (TCO2 54-69 mmHg) and while the patient’s obstructive sleep apnea was well treated, sleep-related hypoventilation and central apneas persisted. Average volume assured pressure support (AVAPS) was initiated for management of sleep related hypoventilation. In follow up, the patient is feeling well, off oxygen, with daytime TCO2 38 mmHg. Conclusion This case demonstrates a rare complication of systemic amyloidosis in the setting of respiratory failure attributed to amyloid infiltration of the diaphragm. In the few previously reported cases of neuromuscular respiratory failure in systemic amyloidosis there is rapid progression and high mortality3, which highlights the importance of assessing for sleep disordered breathing and additional causes of respiratory failure in a patient with a complex systemic disease.

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jahan Porhomayon ◽  
Gino Zadeii ◽  
Nader D. Nader ◽  
George R. Bancroft ◽  
Alireza Yarahamadi

In some conditions continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or bilevel positive airway pressure (BIPAP) therapy alone fails to provide satisfactory oxygenation. In these situations oxygen (O2) is often being added to CPAP/BIPAP mask or hose. Central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are often present along with other chronic conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, pulmonary fibrosis, neuromuscular disorders, chronic narcotic use, or central hypoventilation syndrome. Any of these conditions may lead to the need for supplemental O2administration during the titration process. Maximization of comfort, by delivering O2directly via a nasal cannula through the mask, will provide better oxygenation and ultimately treat the patient with lower CPAP/BIPAP pressure.


SLEEP ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. A468-A468
Author(s):  
Talayeh Rezayat ◽  
Melisa Chang

Abstract Introduction Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with positive airway pressure (PAP), mandibular advancement devices (MAD) and oral surgery have been reported to lead to emergent central sleep apnea (CSA). In this case report the emergence of CSA in a Cheyne-Stokes pattern following the use of hypoglossal nerve stimulator as a treatment modality for OSA is discussed. Report of Case A 70-year-old man with a history of hypothyroidism and severe OSA diagnosed via a home sleep apnea test with a respiratory event index (REI) of 38 events/ hr was intolerant of PAP therapy and an MAD did not effectively treat his OSA. He was deemed an appropriate candidate for hypoglossal nerve stimulation following a drug induced sleep endoscopy. Following implantation and activation, he developed a lip droop and was ruled out for a stroke. A polysomnogram was completed which showed significant improvement in his sleep apnea at a voltage range of 1.4-17V. At 1.8V he developed REM- supine central events. When the voltage was further increased to 1.9-2.0V non-REM supine central events arose. These events appeared to have Cheyne-Stoke morphology with a cycle duration of over 50s. He was set to an amplitude of 1.6 V with a positional belt for treatment of his OSA without any emergent CSA. Conclusion This patient developed central sleep apneas with Cheyne-Stoke morphology following treatment of obstructive sleep apnea using a hypoglossal nerve stimulator. The central events began at higher voltage settings (greater than 1.8V). He had no history of heart failure or arrhythmias. This higher voltage may lead to overshoot of the tongue out of the airway resulting in hyperpnea, hypocapnia and central apnea but the underlying pathophysiology for the Cheyne-Stoke pattern in the absence of heart failure remains unknown.


Author(s):  
Ayeh Shamsadini ◽  
Somayeh Bagheri-Kelayeh

Background and Objective: Co-occurring central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are a developing apprehension because many patients referred to sleep studies have co-morbidities such as cardiovascular and/or neurological disorders which increase the possibility of central and obstructive episodes. Here, we report a patient without excessive daytime sleepiness and a combination of CSA and OSA. Case Report: We present a 16-year-old boy with a history of snoring, poor quality of sleep, nightmare, sleep walking, and sleep talking since he was two-years old. His STOP-Bang score was 7. Standard attended polysomnography (PSG) with audio-video monitoring was performed. The PSG results contained Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI): 30.2 (number of OSAs was 50 and number of CSAs was 49 during sleep). Then, a titration study was performed and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) setting as low as eight cmH2O was effective in eliminating obstructive events, but there was emerging CSAs in favour of Treatment Emergent CSA (TCSA). Conclusion: This case represents a non-sleepy phenotype of OSA in combination with many CSAs in PSG. We suggest that further studies be performed on the association between the concomitant presence of CSA and OSA among nonsleepy patients with OSA.


SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A329-A329
Author(s):  
Pratibha Anne ◽  
Rupa Koothirezhi ◽  
Ugorji Okorie ◽  
Minh Tam Ho ◽  
Brittany Monceaux ◽  
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Abstract Introduction Floppy eye lid syndrome (FES) is known to be associated with Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) is a rare genetic disorder with mitochondrial myopathy that may present with isolated eye lid ptosis in the initial stages. In a patient with loud snoring and obesity, treating obstructive sleep apnea may improve Floppy eyelid syndrome. Report of case(s) 52-year-old African – American male with past medical history of Hypertension, obesity, glaucoma, CPEO status bilateral blepharoplasty with failed surgical treatment. Patient was referred to Sleep medicine team to rule out Obstructive Sleep Apnea aa a cause of possible underlying FES and residual ptosis. On exam, patient was noted to have bilateral brow and eyelid ptosis and mild ataxic gait. MRI brain with and without contrast was unremarkable. Deltoid muscle biopsy was suggestive of possible congenital myopathy and mild denervation atrophy. Polysomnogram showed severe OSA with AHI of 74.1 per hour and patient was initiated on Auto CPAP at a pressure setting of 7–20 cm H2O. CPAP treatment improved snoring, OSA and subjective symptoms of excessive day time sleepiness but did not improve the residual ptosis. Conclusion Treatment of severe OSA in a patient previously diagnosed with CPEO and failed surgical treatment with bilateral blepharoplasty, did not alter the course of residual ptosis/ floppy eyelids even though his other sleep apnea symptoms have improved. Support (if any) 1. McNab AA. Floppy eyelid syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997 Jun;13(2):98–114. doi: 10.1097/00002341-199706000-00005. PMID: 9185193.


SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A166-A166
Author(s):  
Ankita Paul ◽  
Karen Wong ◽  
Anup Das ◽  
Diane Lim ◽  
Miranda Tan

Abstract Introduction Cancer patients are at an increased risk of moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The STOP-Bang score is a commonly used screening questionnaire to assess risk of OSA in the general population. We hypothesize that cancer-relevant features, like radiation therapy (RT), may be used to determine the risk of OSA in cancer patients. Machine learning (ML) with non-parametric regression is applied to increase the prediction accuracy of OSA risk. Methods Ten features namely STOP-Bang score, history of RT to the head/neck/thorax, cancer type, cancer stage, metastasis, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, COPD, and chronic kidney disease were extracted from a database of cancer patients with a sleep study. The ML technique, K-Nearest-Neighbor (KNN), with a range of k values (5 to 20), was chosen because, unlike Logistic Regression (LR), KNN is not presumptive of data distribution and mapping function, and supports non-linear relationships among features. A correlation heatmap was computed to identify features having high correlation with OSA. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed on the correlated features and then KNN was applied on the components to predict the risk of OSA. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) - Area Under Curve (AUC) and Precision-Recall curves were computed to compare and validate performance for different test sets and majority class scenarios. Results In our cohort of 174 cancer patients, the accuracy in determining OSA among cancer patients using STOP-Bang score was 82.3% (LR) and 90.69% (KNN) but reduced to 89.9% in KNN using all 10 features mentioned above. PCA + KNN application using STOP-Bang score and RT as features, increased prediction accuracy to 94.1%. We validated our ML approach using a separate cohort of 20 cancer patients; the accuracies in OSA prediction were 85.57% (LR), 91.1% (KNN), and 92.8% (PCA + KNN). Conclusion STOP-Bang score and history of RT can be useful to predict risk of OSA in cancer patients with the PCA + KNN approach. This ML technique can refine screening tools to improve prediction accuracy of OSA in cancer patients. Larger studies investigating additional features using ML may improve OSA screening accuracy in various populations Support (if any):


SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A322-A323
Author(s):  
Rahul Dasgupta ◽  
Sonja Schütz ◽  
Tiffany Braley

Abstract Introduction Sleep-disordered breathing is common in persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS), and may contribute to debilitating fatigue and other chronic MS symptoms. The majority of research to date on SDB in MS has focused on the prevalence and consequences of obstructive sleep apnea; however, PwMS may also be at increased risk for central sleep apnea (CSA), and the utility of methods to assess CSA in PwMS warrant further exploration. We present a patient with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis who was found to have severe central sleep apnea on WatchPAT testing. Report of case(s) A 61 year-old female with a past medical history of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis presented with complaints of fragmented sleep. MRI of the brain, cervical spine, and thoracic spine showed numerous demyelinating lesions in the brain, brainstem, cervical, and thoracic spinal cord. Upon presentation, the patient noted snoring, witnessed apneas, and daytime sleepiness. WatchPAT demonstrated severe sleep apnea, with a pAHI of 63.3, and a minimum oxygen saturation of 90%. The majority of the scored events were non-obstructive in nature (73.1% of all scored events), and occurred intermittently in a periodic fashion. Conclusion The differential diagnosis of fatigue in PwMS should include sleep-disordered breathing, including both obstructive and central forms of sleep apnea. Demyelinating lesions in the brainstem (which may contribute to impairment of motor and sensory networks that control airway patency and respiratory drive), and progressive forms of MS, have been linked to both OSA and CSA. The present data illustrate this relationship in a person with progressive MS, and offer support for the WatchPAT as a cost-effective means to evaluate for both OSA and CSA in PwMS, while reducing patient burden. PwMS may be at increased risk for CSA. Careful clinical consideration should be given to ordering appropriate sleep testing to differentiate central from obstructive sleep apnea in PwMS, particularly for patients with demyelinating lesions in the brainstem. Support (if any) 1. Braley TJ, Segal BM, Chervin RD. Obstructive sleep apnea and fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Feb 15;10(2):155–62. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3442. PMID: 24532998; PMCID: PMC3899317.


1982 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 597-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy L. Snyderman ◽  
Margareta Møller ◽  
Jonas T. Johnson ◽  
Patricia B. Thearle

Brainstem evoked potentials (BSEP) were recorded in 23 patients with adult sleep apnea (ASA). These patients were studied with all-night polysomnography prior to our testing. They were categorized as having obstructive, central, or mixed sleep apnea depending on the predominant sleep findings. All patients with central sleep apnea had abnormal BSEP with prolongation of wave V. A majority of the remaining patients with obstructive sleep apnea and mixed sleep apnea had abnormal BSEP, but without specific configurations. These findings substantiate our hypothesis that brainstem dysfunction may play a role in ASA.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghna P Mansukhani ◽  
Bhanu Prakash Kolla ◽  
Eric J Olson ◽  
Kannan Ramar ◽  
Timothy I Morgenthaler

SLEEP ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. A156-A157
Author(s):  
Sikawat Thanaviratananich ◽  
Hao Cheng ◽  
Maria Pino ◽  
Krishna Sundar

Abstract Introduction The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is used as a generic index to quantify both central sleep apnea (CSA) and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndromes. Patterns of oxygenation abnormalities seen in CSA and OSA may be key to understanding differing clinical impacts of these disorders. Oxygen desaturation and resaturation slopes and durations in OSA and CSA were compared between OSA and CSA patients. Methods Polysomnographic data of patients aged 18 years or older with diagnosis of OSA and CSA, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, were analyzed and demographic data were collected. Oximetric changes during hypopneas and apneas were studied for desaturation/resaturation durations and desaturation/resaturation slopes. Desaturation and resaturation slopes were calculated as rate of change in oxygen saturation (ΔSpO2/Δtime). Comparison of hypoxemia-based parameters between patients with OSA and CSA was performed using unpaired t-test. Results 32 patients with OSA with median AHI of 15.4 (IQR 5.1 to 30.55) and median ODI of 15.47 (IQR 9.50 to 29.33) were compared to 15 patients with CSA with a median AHI of 20.4 (IQR 12.6 to 47.8) and median ODI of 27.56 (IQR 17.99 to 29.57). The mean number of desaturation and resaturation events was not significantly different between patients with OSA and CSA (OSA - 106.81±87.93; CSA - 130.67±76.88 with a p-value 0.1472). 4/15 CSA patients had Cheyne-Stokes breathing, 2/15 had treatment emergent central sleep apnea, 1/15 had methadone-associated CSA and for 8/15, no etiologies for CSA were found. Mean desaturation durations was significantly longer in OSA (20.84 s ± 5.67) compared to CSA (15.94 s ± 4.54) (p=0.0053) and consequently the desaturation slopes were steeper in CSA than OSA (-0.35%/sec ±0.180 vs. -0.243 ± 0.073; p=0.0064). The resaturation duration was not significantly longer in OSA (9.76 s ± 2.02) than CSA (9.057 s ± 2.17) (p=0.2857). Differences between desaturation duration and slopes between CSA and OSA persisted during REM and NREM sleep, and in supine sleep. Conclusion As compared to OSA, patients with CSA have different patterns of desaturations and resaturations with lesser hypoxic burden with CSA. This may have implications on the clinical outcomes seen between these two disorders. Support (if any):


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