The effect of sildenafil on sleep respiratory parameters and heart rate variability in obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 545-551

  Neves, Christiane ^a   Tufik, Sérgio ^a   Monteiro, Marina Ariza ^a   Chediek, Felipe ^a   Jose, Fabio Freire ^a   Roizenblatt, Suely ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apnea; Heart rate variability; Hypoxemia; Nitric oxide; Sildenafil; Sleep

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SILDENAFIL; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PURINE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; AGED; ANOXIA; AROUSAL; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP STAGE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOXIA; AROUSAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PIPERAZINES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PURINES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; SLEEP, REM; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77953362415     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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