The Effect of Continuous Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) on nightmares in Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 631-636

  Tamanna, Sadeka ^a,b   Parker, Jefferson D ^a,c   Lyons, Judith ^a   Ullah, M I ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CPAP; PTSD; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHTMARE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; COMPLICATION; DREAM; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DREAMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP, REM; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84902766058     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3786     Document Type: Article

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