Progress toward a clearer understanding of the role of bilevel positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 337-338

  Atwood, Charles W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CPAP DEVICE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; HUMAN; NOTE; OXYGEN DESATURATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP MEDICINE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 84878088589     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2582     Document Type: Note

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