Obstructive sleep apnea and respiratory complications associated with vagus nerve stimulators

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-407

  Parhizgar, Fuzhan ^a   Nugent, Kenneth ^a   Raj, Rishi ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Seizure disorder; Sleep apnea; Vagus nerve stimulator

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; DYSPNEA; EPILEPSY; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDLINE; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARESTHESIA; PHARYNGITIS; REFRACTORY EPILEPSY; RESPIRATORY AMPLITUDE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIDAL VOLUME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATOR; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOCAL CORD DYSFUNCTION; VOMITING;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 80051883223     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/JCSM.1204     Document Type: Review

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