Positive airway pressure titration in obesity hypoventilation syndrome: Continuous positive airway pressure or bilevel positive airway pressure

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1624-1626

  Mokhlesi, Babak ^a,b  

^a Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; BLOOD GAS PARAMETERS; COMORBIDITY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; LUNG FUNCTION; MORTALITY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARAMETER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TITRIMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250821726     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0384     Document Type: Editorial

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