Elevated body position early after delivery increased airway size during wakefulness, and decreased apnea hypopnea index in a woman with pregnancy related sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 815-817

  Jung, Stefanie ^a,b   Zaremba, Sebastian ^a,c   Heisig, Anne ^a   Eikermann, Matthias ^a,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polysomnography; Positional therapy; Post partum; Pregnancy; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABOR INDUCTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; SNORING; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WAKEFULNESS; PROCEDURES; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; POSTURE; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84904468643     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.3886     Document Type: Article

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