Efficacy of sleep position modification to treat positional obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 545-552

  Jackson, Melinda ^a,b   Collins, Allison ^a   Berlowitz, David ^a   Howard, Mark ^a,b   O'Donoghue, Fergal ^a,b   Barnes, Maree ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neuropsychological function; Non CPAP treatment of sleep apnea; Obstructive sleep apnea; Positional obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OXYGEN DESATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP HYGIENE ADVICE; SLEEP POSITION MODIFICATION DEVICE; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BODY POSTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTURE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SUPINE POSITION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84926518566     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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