Variation in the duration of arousal in obstructive sleep apnea

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Nigro, Carlos Alberto ^a,b   Rhodius, Edgardo Edmundo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Oxygen desaturation; Short electroencephalographic arousal; Sleep fragmentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE;

AROUSAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 17444386708     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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