Euthyroid goitre and sleep apnea

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-55

  De Felice, A ^a   Fuschillo, S ^a   Martucci, M ^a   De Angelis, E ^a   Balzano, Giovanni ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Goitre; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BODY MASS; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EUTHYROIDISM; EXHALATION; GOITER; HUMAN; LOW CALORY DIET; LUNG FLOW VOLUME CURVE; MALE; NECK; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN TENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THYROIDECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33646399166     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2006.588     Document Type: Article

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