Improvement in obstructive sleep apnea in the supine "Knees-Up" position

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Bliwise, Donald L ^a,b   Irbe, Dainis ^a   Schulman, David A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body position; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 1842843800     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-822852     Document Type: Article

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