Drug-Induced Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Ventilatory Impairment

This article describes current knowledge about drug entities that have the potential to induce, aggravate, or modify sleep-disordered breathing. The drug effects on sleep-disordered breathing may vary by patient age, gender, and comorbidity. In general, the clinical relevance of drug-induced sleep-disordered breathing is increasing in sleep medicine and the evidence in the field is growing in parallel.

Source: Sleep Medicine Clinics - May 12, 2018 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Ludger Grote Source Type: research