Sleep disordered breathing in women of childbearing age & during pregnancy

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 285-301

  Champagne, Katéri Agnès ^a   John Kimoff, R ^a   Barriga, Peter Charles ^b   Schwartzman, Kevin ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Santa Cabrini Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Gestational hypertension; Obesity; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Sleep apnoea

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ADULT; BODY MASS; COMPLICATION; HYPERTENSION; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649285428     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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