Sleep disorders in combat-related PTSD

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 175-182

  Williams, Scott G ^a,d   Collen, Jacob ^b   Orr, Nicholas ^c   Holley, Aaron B ^c,d   Lettieri, Christopher J ^c,d  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Combat related sleep disorder; Insomnia; Obstructive sleep apnea; Post traumatic stress disorder; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBAT DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; COMBAT DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84954613899     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-014-0984-y     Document Type: Article

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