The chemoreflex and sleep-disordered breathing: Man and machine vs. the beast

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 533-535

  Thomas, Robert Joseph ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Apnea; Chemoreflex; Sleep; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; OXYGEN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING PATTERN; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHEMORECEPTOR REFLEX; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; THERAPY EFFECT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 79957998073     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.03.002     Document Type: Editorial

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