Restoring the salivary cortisol awakening response through nasal continuous positive airway pressure therapy in obstructive sleep apnea

Chronobiology International

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1024-1031

  Ghiciuc, Cristina Mihaela ^a   Dima Cozma, Lucia Corina ^a   Bercea, Raluca Mihaela ^a,b   Lupusoru, Catalina Elena ^a   Mihaescu, Traian ^a,b   Szalontay, Andreea ^a   Gianfreda, Angela ^c   Patacchioli, Francesca Romana ^c  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Clinic of Pulmonary Disease   (Romania)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP); Cortisol awakening response (CAR); Cortisol diurnal trajectory; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis; Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); Salivary cortisol

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SALIVA; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84883578131     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2013.795155     Document Type: Article

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