Sleep-disordered Breathing in Pregnancy

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-189

  Bourjeily, Ghada ^a   Ankner, Gina ^b   Mohsenin, Vahid ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pregnancy; Sleep disorderd breathing; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE;

BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS OUTCOME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PREGNANCY-INDUCED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79251491009     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2010.11.003     Document Type: Review

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