Hypercapnic obstructive sleep apnea: An underappreciated marker of severity

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1729-1730

  Zwillich, Clifford ^a,b   Welsh, Carolyn H ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 37549015624     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1792     Document Type: Editorial

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