Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Community-Acquired Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: We hypothesized that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can predispose individuals to lower airway infections and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) due to upper airway microaspiration. This study evaluated the association between OSA and CAP. METHODS: We performed a case-control study that i...

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Autores principales: Chiner, Eusebi, Llombart, Mónica, Valls, Joan, Pastor, Esther, Sancho-Chust, José N., Andreu, Ada Luz, Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Manuel, Barbé, Ferran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4822965/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27050437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152749

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