The upper airway resistance syndrome

Respiration

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Pepin J L ^a,b   Guillot, M ^a,b   Tamisier, R ^a,b   Levy P ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular comorbidities; Diurnal sleepiness; Hypopnea; Respiratory arousals; Sleep apnea; Upper airway resistance

Indexed keywords

APNEA; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERMITTENT HYPOXIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORBIDITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME; WEIGHT GAIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; FACE; HUMANS; OBESITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SNORING;

EID: 84862758211     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000335839     Document Type: Review

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