Clinical and polysomnographic characteristics and response to continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnea patients with nightmares

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 149-154

  BaHammam, Ahmed S ^a   Al Shimemeri, Sohaila A ^a   Salama, Reda I ^a   Sharif, Munir M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Dream; Nightmares; Obstructive sleep apnea; Rapid eye movement sleep; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NIGHTMARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REM SLEEP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 84873522117     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2012.07.007     Document Type: Article

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