Obstructive sleep apnoea in patients with obesity and hypertension

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 60, Issue 574, 2010, Pages 325-328

  Di Guardo, Antonino ^a   Profeta, Gaetano ^a   Crisafulli, Cristiano ^a   Sidoti, Giuseppe ^b   Zammataro, Marcello ^b   Paolini, Italo ^a   Filippi, Alessandro ^a  

^a Italian College of General Practioners   (Italy)

^b GARIBALDI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Diagnosis; Hypertension; Obesity; Obstructive; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBESITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952868402     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10X484174     Document Type: Article

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