Reply to “Central hypopnea classification: bridging the gap between event identification and clinical utility”
Anjali P Ahn, Atul Malhotra · 2026
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Anjali P Ahn and Atul Malhotra reply to a letter on sleep breathing events in a 2026 piece. The exchange concerns central hypopneas, shallow breathing spells driven by the brain, not the airway. A critic noted that no numeric threshold guides care for these events. She also asked for proof that sorting them changes outcomes for patients.
The authors agree that thresholds and outcome proof are missing in the field. Their call to action aimed to spur exactly that research, they say. New targeted treatments, from drugs to nerve stimulation, make sorting these events more urgent. They note that even the standard apnea score lacks a single firm treatment threshold.
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| CREATOR | Anjali P Ahn, Atul Malhotra |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 4 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |