Obstructive sleep apnea in older adults is a distinctly different physiological phenotype

Sleep

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1227-1236

  Edwards, Bradley A ^a   Wellman, Andrew ^a   Sands, Scott A ^a   Owens, Robert L ^a   Eckert, Danny J ^a,b   White, David P ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Loop gain; Lung; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing; Upper airway collapsibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; AGED; BREATHING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; PHENOTYPE; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903744109     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.3844     Document Type: Article

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