Comparison of obstructive sleep apnea patients with and without leg edema

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 890-893

  Iftikhar, Imran ^a   Ahmed, Mansoor ^b   Tarr, Shannon ^a   Zyzanski, Stephen J ^c   Blankfield, Robert P ^c,d  

^a FAIRVIEW HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Southwest Cleveland Sleep Center   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University Hospitals Medical Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Edema; Obesity; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 55149102789     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.10.019     Document Type: Article

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