Acetazolamide as an adjunct to CPAP treatment: A case of complex sleep apnea in a patient on long-acting opioid therapy

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-64

  Glidewell, Robert N ^a   Orr, William C ^b   Imes, Norman ^b  

^a Lynn Institute of the Rockies   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetazolamide; Central sleep apnea; Complex sleep apnea; CPAP therapy; Obstructive sleep apnea; Opioid

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; LONG ACTING DRUG; OPIATE; OXYGEN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INSOMNIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; TARSAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 61449116911     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27394     Document Type: Article

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