A case study involving the combination treatment of an oral appliance and auto-titrating CPAP unit

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 125-128

  Denbar, Martin A ^a  

^a Snoring and Apnea Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto titration; Combination treatment; CPAP; Obstructive sleep apnea; Oral appliance therapy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; MALE; ORTHOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIODIC LEG MOVEMENT DISORDER; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; TITRIMETRY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES, REMOVABLE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SELF CARE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0036742122     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-34314     Document Type: Article

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