Efficacy of bilevel-auto treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea not responsive to or intolerant of continuous positive airway pressure ventilation

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 981-985

  Carlucci, Annalisa ^a   Ceriana, Piero ^a   Mancini, Marco ^a   Cirio, Serena ^a   Pierucci, Paola ^b   Lupo, Nadia D'Artavilla ^a   Gadaleta, Felice ^a   Morrone, Elisa ^a   Fanfulla, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilevel auto; COPD; CPAP; Noninvasive ventilation; Obesity; Sleep; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN DESATURATION; OXYGENATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; PROCEDURES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84942235476     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.5008     Document Type: Article

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