Key result
Cheyne-Stokes respiration signals poor prognosis in infant heart failure.
Why the study?
Patients with congestive heart failure have a high incidence of sleep-disordered breathing, including obstructive sleep apnoea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration, with differing responses to heart failure treatment.
Case Report (n=1)
Cheyne-Stokes respiration may indicate poor prognosis in infant heart failure; leaves open whether it is an independent marker requiring prospective validation.
Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) have high incidence of sleep-disordered breathing. Two distinct types are known: obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and Cheyne-Stokes respiration (CSR).1 Effective heart failure treatment improves CSR but not OSA, indicating that the development of CSR is secondary to heart failure. CSR is characterised by recurrent episodes of central apnoea/hypopnoea interposed with periods of hyperpnoea with waning and waxing pattern of tidal volume. A 5-month-old girl who presented with acute onset of …
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Badheka et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Congestive heart failure (n=1). Cheyne-Stokes respiration was evaluated. Cheyne-Stokes respiration was identified as a poor prognostic sign in a 5-month-old girl presenting with heart failure.
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