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Case of postural complex sleep apnea: Effect of gravitational forces

We report a case of an elderly male with predominant obstructive sleep apnea and who developed or complex sleep apnea (CxSA) at the start of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) titration. This CxSA was more prominent in supine position, and he was not settling with either CPAP/bilevel positiv...

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Autores principales: Pawar, Kamender Singh, Goyal, Abhishek, Khurana, Alkesh, Kumar, Senthil, Sen, Amit Kumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28671174
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_374_16