Intermittent nocturnal hypoxemia in individuals with dementia: Prevalence and relationship with functional status

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1997-1999

  Frohnhofen, Helmut ^a   Roffe, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERMITTENT NOCTURNAL HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANOXIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 84867471457     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04183.x     Document Type: Letter

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