Although these patients are hypoventilated through inhibition of the respiratory centres, and a noninvasive ventilation is more suitable, adding ASV was effective to decrease AHI, sleep fragmentation and to reduce nocturnal desaturations [26], [27]. These studies are however based on a limited ...
3 Department of Pulmonology, General Hospital of Pirgos, Pirgos, GR-27100, Greece; E-Mail: charok67@hotmail.com 4 Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Patras, Rio, Patras, GR-26504, Greece; E-Mail: ellul@upatras.gr * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail:...