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A cohort study to identify simple clinical tests for chronic respiratory failure in obese patients with sleep-disordered breathing

BACKGROUND: Chronic respiratory failure complicating sleep-disordered breathing in obese patients has important adverse clinical implications in terms of morbidity, mortality and healthcare utilisation. Screening strategies are essential to identify obese patients with chronic respiratory failure. M...

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Autores principales: Mandal, S, Suh, E S, Boleat, E, Asher, W, Kamalanathan, M, Lee, K, Douiri, A, Murphy, P B, Steier, J, Hart, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25478174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2014-000022