Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing Liberates Obese Hypoxemic Patients from Oxygen

BACKGROUND: Obese hypoxemic patients have a high prevalence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB). It is unclear to what extent treatment of SDB can improve daytime hypoxemia. METHODS: We performed a retrospective cohort study of obese hypoxemic individuals, all of whom underwent polysomnography, arte...

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Autores principales: Povitz, Marcus, Hanly, Patrick J., Pendharkar, Sachin R., James, Matthew T., Tsai, Willis H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4599852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140135

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4599852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26451835
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140135

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