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== Justifying ASV ==
[[Central sleep apnea (CSA)|Central Sleep Apnea (CSA)]] is the cessation of respiratory effort result in a lack of respiratory movements. During sleep, your breathing is disrupted regularly because of how your brain functions, your brain simply doesn't tell your body to breathe, and therefore you don't try to breathe.
=== Five types of Central Sleep Apnea ===
A central hypopnea will have none of the above.
A Central AHI is composed of Central Apnea and Central Hypopnea.
The Central Apnea numbers are easily extracted from modern PAP machines which report detailed efficacy data. We need to concentrate on Central Hypopnea numbers to demonstrate a '''Central AHI >5''' and that '''Central apneas and Central hypopneas >50% of total AHI'''
=== Charts identifying Central Hypopneas ===
[http://www.apneaboard.com/CSA-and-ASV-Updated-Morgan.pdf CSA-and-ASV-Updated-Morgan.pdf]
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