Length of Individual Apnea Events Is Increased by Supine Position and Modulated by Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is common among OSA patients. In severe OSA, the obstruction events are longer in supine compared to nonsupine positions. Corresponding scientific information on mild and moderate OSA is lacking. We studied whether individual obstruction and desaturation even...

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Autores principales: Leppänen, Timo, Töyräs, Juha, Muraja-Murro, Anu, Kupari, Salla, Tiihonen, Pekka, Mervaala, Esa, Kulkas, Antti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9645347

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4804087/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27051535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9645347

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