Most obstructive sleep apnoea patients exhibit vigilance and attention deficits on an extended battery of tests

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Mazza, S ^a   Pepin J L ^a,b   Naegele B ^a   Plante, J ^a   Deschaux, C ^a   Levy P ^a  

^a University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Attention; Daytime sleepiness; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 13444258030     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.04.00011204     Document Type: Article

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