Comparison of positional therapy to CPAP in patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 238-243

  Permut, Irene ^a   Diaz Abad, Montserrat ^b   Chatila, Wissam ^a   Crocetti, Joseph ^c   Gaughan, John P ^a   D'Alonzo, Gilbert E ^a   Krachman, Samuel L ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; Polysomnogram; Positional obstructive sleep apnea; Positional therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGENATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 77954096844     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.27820     Document Type: Article

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