Association of body position with severity of apneic events in patients with severe nonpositional obstructive sleep apnea

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Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1018-1024

  Oksenberg, Arie ^a   Khamaysi, Iyad ^a   Silverberg, Donald S ^b   Tarasiuk, Ariel ^c  

^a LOEWENSTEIN REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apnea severity; Body posture; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Sleep position; Sleep related breathing disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0033782361     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.4.1018     Document Type: Article

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