Continuous positive airway pressure requirements in patients with tetraplegia and obstructive sleep apnoea

Spinal Cord

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 832-835

  Le Guen, M C ^a,b   Cistulli, P A ^c   Berlowitz, D J ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

continuous positive airway pressure; obstructive sleep apnoea; sleep disordered breathing; spinal cord injury; tetraplegia

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84868531554     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2012.57     Document Type: Article

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