Clinical predictors of the respiratory arousal threshold in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 190, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1293-1300

  Edwards, Bradley A ^a   Eckert, Danny J ^a,b   McSharry, David G ^a   Sands, Scott A ^a,c   Desai, Amar ^a   Kehlmann, Geoffrey ^a   Bakker, Jessie P ^a   Genta, Pedro R ^a   Owens, Robert L ^a   White, David P ^a   Wellman, Andrew ^a   Malhotra, Atul ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal threshold; Lung; Phenotype traits; Respiratory induced arousals; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AROUSAL; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVICES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84916239944     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0718OC     Document Type: Article

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