Confirming high prevalence of patients with a high risk for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome after kidney transplantation

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1458-1459

  Diaz Atauri M J ^a   Ausin P ^a   Sayas, J ^a   Torralba, F G ^a   Morales, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LETTER; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; OBESITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; NOTE; SPAIN; TIME;

BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42949161183     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfm498     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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2. Díaz de Atauri MJ, Ausín P, Martínez I, Domínguez-Gil B, Andrés A, Morales JM. Sleep-apnoea syndrome: a common and underdiagnosed complication in obese and nonobese patients after renal transplantation. Am J Transplant 2003; 3 Suppl 5: 320