Gender and age influence the effects of slow-wave sleep on respiration in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-56

  Subramanian, Shyam ^a   Hesselbacher, Sean ^b   Mattewal, Amarbir ^b   Surani, Salim ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Obstructive sleep apnea; Slow wave sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; SLOW WAVE SLEEP;

ADULT; AGED; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 84874193494     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-011-0644-4     Document Type: Article

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