The effect of altitude descent on obstructive sleep apnea

Chest

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1744-1750

  Patz, David ^a   Spoon, Mark ^b   Corbin, Richard ^b   Patz, Michael ^c   Dover, Louise ^e   Swihart, Bruce ^d   White, David ^e  

^a St Mary's Hospital Grand Junction   (United States)

^b Mobile Sleep Diagnostics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Evaluation; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTITUDE; APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CALCULATION; CENTRAL APNEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845930208     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.130.6.1744     Document Type: Article

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