Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) Treatment Using a Split-night Protocol for Sleep Breathing Disorder (1997 2 18)

Respiration and Circulation

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1011-1014

  Yamashiro, Yoshihiro ^a   Suganuma, Yasuaki ^a   Miyasaka, Takashi ^a   Hosaka, Kimio ^a   Uchida, Kou ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure; Sleep breathing disorders; Split night protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442575877     PISSN: 04523458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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