Gunshot wound to the head: An unusual complication of sleep apnea and bilevel positive airway pressure

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-164

  Baron, John ^a   Auckley, Dennis ^a  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Cognition; Obstructive sleep apnea; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Positive pressure respiration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 6344290086     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-834487     Document Type: Review

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