How to treat patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome during an altitude sojourn

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 303-307

  Latshang, Tsogyal D ^a   Bloch, Konrad E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acetazolamide; altitude; continuous positive airway pressure; hypoxia; obstructive sleep apnea; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; MODAFINIL; STEROID; THEOPHYLLINE;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; DEVICE THERAPY; EMPORIATRICS; EVENING DOSAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MORNING DOSAGE; NASAL EXPIRATORY PRESSURE DEVICE; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PARESTHESIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; TASTE DISORDER;

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ALTITUDE; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; OXYGEN; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TRAVEL;

EID: 84855163750     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.1055     Document Type: Article

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