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  • Title: A new device for the care of Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome patients during sleep.
    Author: Cavalleri M, Carcano A, Morandi F, Piazza C, Maggioni E, Reni G.
    Journal: Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc; 2013; 2013():2445-8. PubMed ID: 24110221.
    Abstract:
    Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is a genetic disease that causes an autonomous nervous system dysregulation. Patients are unable to have a correct ventilation, especially during sleep, facing risk of death. Therefore, most of them are mechanically ventilated during night and their blood oxygenation is monitored, while a supervisor keeps watch over them. If low oxygen levels are detected by the pulse-oximeter, an alarm fires; the supervisor deals with the situation and, if there is neither a technical problem nor a false alarm, wakes the subject, as CCHS patients usually recover from hypoxia when roused from sleep. During a single night multiple alarms may occur, causing fractioned sleep for the subject and a lasting state of anxiety for supervisors.
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