Nocturnal sweating - A common symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea: The Icelandic sleep apnoea cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Arnardottir, Erna Sif ^a,b   Janson, Christer ^c   Bjornsdottir, Erla ^a,b   Benediktsdottir, Bryndis ^a,b   Juliusson, Sigurdur ^a   Kuna, Samuel T ^d,e   Pack, Allan I ^d   Gislason, Thorarinn ^a,b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ICELAND; INSOMNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NIGHT SWEAT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 84878384033     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002795     Document Type: Article

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