Potential mechanisms connecting asthma, esophageal reflux, and obesity/sleep apnea complex-A hypothetical review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-58

  Kasasbeh, Aiman ^a   Kasasbeh, Ehab ^a   Krishnaswamy, Guha ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asthma; Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); Gastroesophageal reflux (GERD); Inflammation; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Rhinitis; Ventricular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOLOGIC AGENT; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; OMALIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; PROMETHAZINE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; NOSE POLYP; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STEROID THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33846298483     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2006.05.001     Document Type: Review

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