The concept with this procedure is that any area of blockage to breathing, from the nose to the voice-box, is bypassed by a hole placed into the windpipe.

Refers to patients with CompSA who do not have Cheyne-Stokes breathing or are not taking narcotics or other medications altering ventilatory drive.

Patients with CompSA can be adequately treated with CPAP or a bilevel device.

Normal Expiratory Time

The recommended maximum CPAP should be __ cm H2O for patients less than 12 years and __ cm H2O for patients greater than or equal to 12 years.

Of the following, what is the best documented risk factor for OSA?

A treatment of patients who breathe too shallowly to maintain adequate oxygen levels and to eliminate carbon dioxide.

Which of the following does NOT predispose a patient to hypocapnic CSA?

_____ frequencies are the fastest of the EEG basic waveforms.

Measurement of the maximum instantaneous flowrate attained during a forceful inspiration.