Respiratory function in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. The role of sleep studies

Hippokratia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-36

  Tsara, Venetia ^a   Serasli, E ^a   Steiropoulos, P ^a   Tsorova, A ^a   Antoniadou, M ^a   Zisi, P ^a  

^a G Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

ALS Functional Scale (ALSFS); Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Nocturnal hypoxaemia; RDI; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS FUNCTIONAL SCALE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RESPIRATORY DISORDER INDEX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SPIROMETRA;

EID: 75449105047     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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