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Patterns of breathing at night were recorded in 4 patients with heart-failure. 2 had periodic breathing while awake and in 2 it developed after they fell asleep. In all 4 the phase of hyperventilation disturbed sleep. These cases also illustrate other problems caused by periodic respiration in heart-failure, which range from tiredness during the day to an inability to sleep for more than a few minutes. Nocturnal waking in the hyperventilation phase of Cheyne-Stokes breathing should be differentiated from paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea caused by episodes of pulmonary oedema at night.
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PMID:Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea and periodic respiration. 9 69

Lung and kidney function are intimately related in both health and disease. Respiratory changes help to mitigate the systemic effects of renal acid-base disturbances, and the reverse is also true, although renal compensation occurs more slowly than its respiratory counterpart. A large number of diseases affect both the lungs and the kidneys, presenting most often with alveolar hemorrhage and glomerulonephritis. Most of these conditions are uncommon or rare, although three of them--Wegener's granulomatosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and Goodpasture's syndrome--are not infrequently encountered by respiratory care clinicians. Respiratory complications of chronic renal failure include pulmonary edema, fibrinous pleuritis, pulmonary calcification, and a predisposition to tuberculosis. Urinothorax is a rare entity associated with obstructive uropathy. Sleep disturbances are extremely common in patients with end-stage renal disease, with sleep apnea occurring in 60% or more of such patients. The management of patients with acute renal failure is frequently complicated by pulmonary edema and the effects of both fluid overload and metabolic acidosis. These processes affect the management of mechanical ventilation in such patients and may interfere with weaning. Successful lung-protective ventilation in patients with acute lung injury and renal failure may require modification of hemodialysis in order to combat severe acidemia. Hemodialysis-related hypoxemia, which was once believed to be the result of pulmonary leukostasis and complement activation, is explained by diffusion of CO2 into the dialysate, with concomitant alveolar hypoventilation in the process of maintaining a normal P(aCO2). Like acute lung injury, renal failure is a common complication of critical illness. An increasing body of evidence also supports the notion that the kidneys, like the lungs, are susceptible to injury induced as a result of positive-pressure mechanical ventilation.
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PMID:Respiratory considerations in the patient with renal failure. 1656 95

High altitude sickness is a common name for illnesses that can occur at high altitude, usually above 3000 meters from sea level. The cause is hypoxia but the pathophysiology of the diseases is a complex mixture of multiple factors, involving the human response to hypoxia. The most common symptom is headache, but loss of appetite, nausea and sleep disturbances are also common complaints. With rapid or high ascent there is increased risk of acute mountain sickness, with severe headache that responds poorly to pain medications, nausea, vomiting and extreme fatigue as the most common symptoms. The most severe forms of high-altitude sickness are high altitude cerebral edema and high altitude pulmonary edema. High altitude sickness can be prevented by slow ascent and avoiding overexertion. Medications can also be used to reduce symptoms. In this overview high altitude physiology and acclimatisation are reviewed. The main types of high altitude sickness are described with special emphasis on symptoms and diagnosis, but treatment and prevention are also reviewed.
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PMID:[High altitude sickness - review]. 1949 9