Sleepiness-related accidents in sleep apnea patients

Sleep

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 383-389

  Horstmann, Sabine ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Bassetti, Claudio ^a   Gugger, Mathias ^c   Mathis, Johannes ^a,b  

^a Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Accidents; Driving; Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP); Sleep apnea; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DROWSINESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SWITZERLAND; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0034192598     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/23.3.1e     Document Type: Article

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