Comparison of supine-only and REM-only obstructive sleep apnoea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 875-878

  Gillman, Andrew ^a   Roebuck, Teanau ^a   Ho, Sally ^a   van Braak, Esther ^a   Naughton, Matthew T ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinic population; Digital monitoring; REM sleep; Sleep apnoea; Supine position; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REM SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP TIME; SUPINE POSITION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863861382     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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