Treatment of sleep apnea syndrome in a Down syndrome patient with behavioral problems by noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: A successful case report

No To Hattatsu

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-36

  Anzai, Yuki ^a   Ohya, Tatsuo ^a,b   Yanagi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CASE REPORT; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; DISABILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ADULT; DOWN SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; OBESITY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 30344466348     PISSN: 00290831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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