Sleep Apnea
Which sleep apnea disorder has ventilatory effort but no air measured airflow?
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Type of Paralysis with GBS?
Ascending
Two types of MG
Ocular and Generalized
Life expectancy for ALS
3-5 years after diagnosis
Type of paralysis with MG?
Descending
What type of sleep apnea has no airflow or ventilatory effort?
Central Sleep Apnea
Impending Acute Ventilatory Failure FVC range
Less than 20 mL/kg
Onset of MG
Sudden
Using the hands and arms to walk up their own body from squatting position
Gower's sign
DMD more likely to occur in
Males
What measurement is used for in-labs sleep test?
AHI
Impending Acute Ventilatory Failure MIP range?
Less than -30 cmH20
Ice pack applied to affected eye for 3 to 5 minutes
Ice pack test
Contributes approximately 30% of all injury deaths in the US
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
This has no cure
Muscular dystrophy
What measurement is used in at home sleep test?
RDI
The removal of damage antibodies from the patient's blood plasma, followed by the re-transfusion of the blood cells
Plasmapheresis
Having undetectable antibodies to the ACh receptors
Seronegative MG
Nerves in the spinal cord innervate the diaphragm via the phrenic nerve
C3 through C5
More common in whites
GBS
Patient has an AHI of 45 and a SpO2 of 82%? what type of OSA do they have?
Severe
Most cases of GBS is caused by this type of infection
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Having detectable antibodies to ACh receptors
Seropositive MG
Administered 4.5 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms
Tissue plasminogen activator
Impending acute ventilatory failure Ph range
less than 7.35