Does nasal decongestion improve obstructive sleep apnea?

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 444-449

  Clarenbach, Christian F ^a   Kohler, Malcolm ^a   Senn, Oliver ^a   Thurnheer, Robert ^b   Bloch, Konrad E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Muensterlingen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Nasal resistance; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rhinitis; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

DECONGESTIVE AGENT; PLACEBO; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; NOSE CONGESTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; RHINITIS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 57449107857     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2008.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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