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Apneia central do sono

Última revisión: 18 Jul 2025
Última actualización: 24 Dec 2024

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • insônia, especialmente insônia de manutenção do sono
  • baixa concentração e falta de atenção
  • respiração periódica ou cessação da respiração ou ronco durante o sono observada (pelo parceiro)
  • dispneia transitória que desperta do sono ou impede o início do sono
  • cefaleias ao acordar
  • queixas de sono pouco restaurador e/ou sonolência diurna
  • respiração periódica durante a vigília
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • ritmo cardíaco anormal ou presença da terceira ou quarta bulha cardíaca
  • anormalidade focal no exame neurológico
  • fraqueza neuromuscular
  • história de endocrinopatia
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Factores de riesgo

  • insuficiência cardíaca congestiva
  • acidente vascular cerebral (AVC)
  • insuficiência renal
  • sexo masculino
  • fibrilação atrial
  • idade ≥60 anos
  • uso de opioides
  • lesões do tronco encefálico
  • fraqueza neuromuscular
  • acromegalia
  • hipotireoidismo
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • polissonografia noturna
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • hormônio estimulante da tireoide sérico
  • creatinina sérica
  • eletrocardiograma (ECG)
  • concentração sérica de fator de crescimento semelhante à insulina-1 (teste de acromegalia)
  • ecocardiograma
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

sem padrão de respiração de Cheyne-Stokes: em decorrência de afecção clínica

sem padrão de respiração de Cheyne-Stokes: primária (idiopática)

com respiração de Cheyne-Stokes

decorrente de respiração periódica da alta altitude

decorrente de uso indevido de medicamento ou substância

tratamento de emergência para apneia central do sono (ACS)

Colaboradores

Autores

Bernardo J. Selim, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Director of Respiratory Care Unit

Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Divulgaciones

BJS declares that he has no competing interests.

Lauren A. Tobias, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Yale University School of Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine

Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

New Haven

CT

Divulgaciones

LAT declares that she has no competing interests.

Agradecimientos

Dr Bernardo J. Selim and Dr Lauren A. Tobias would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr J. Shirine Allam, Dr Timothy I. Morgenthaler, and Dr Christine H. Won, previous contributors to this topic.

Divulgaciones

JSA and TIM declare that they have no competing interests. CHW declares that she has been a speaker for Respironics CME.

Revisores por pares

Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD

National Jewish Medical and Research Center

Denver

CO

Divulgaciones

TLC has been reimbursed by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Thoracic Society, and Cephalon, the manufacturer of modafinil, for attending several conferences. He has been paid by the ACCP for running educational programs and by Elsevier for serving as consultant of the Sleep Medicine Clinics. He has also received research funding from the National Institutes of Health, Respironics, Restore, and Schwarz Pharma, and has been a member of the speakers' bureau for GlaxoSmithKline.

John A. Fleetham, MD, FRCP

Professor

University of British Columbia

Vancouver

Canada

Divulgaciones

JAF declares that he has no competing interests.

Referencias

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Artículos principales

American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The AASM international classification of sleep disorders - third edition, text revision (ICSD-3-TR). Jun 2023 [internet publication].Texto completo

Randerath W, Verbraecken J, Andreas S, et al. Definition, discrimination, diagnosis and treatment of central breathing disturbances during sleep. Eur Respir J. 2017 Jan;49(1):1600959.Texto completo  Resumen

Mayer G, Arzt M, Braumann B, et al. German S3 guideline nonrestorative sleep/sleep disorders, chapter "sleep-related breathing disorders in adults," short version: German Sleep Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafforschung und Schlafmedizin, DGSM). Somnologie (Berl). 2017;21(4):290-301.Texto completo  Resumen

Aurora RN, Bista SR, Casey KR, et al. Updated adaptive servo-ventilation recommendations for the 2012 AASM guideline: "The treatment of central sleep apnea syndromes in adults: practice parameters with an evidence-based literature review and meta-analyses". J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 May 15;12(5):757-61.Texto completo  Resumen

Aurora RN, Chowdhuri S, Ramar K, et al. The treatment of central sleep apnea syndromes in adults: practice parameters with an evidence-based literature review and meta-analyses. Sleep. 2012 Jan 1;35(1):17-40.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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    • Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiac arrhythmias in adults: mechanistic insights and clinical implications: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association
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