Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 01 Feb 2012 English Publisher:Mary Ann Liebert IncJournal:Respiratory Care, volume 57, pages 326-327 (issn: 0020-1324,

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Authors: Johnson, Karin, MD; Johnson, Douglas, MD;

doi: 10.4187/respcare.01723

pmid: 22304801

Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation

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Abstract

Patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation have a high one year mortality, with recognized contributing factors including COPD, cardiac failure, renal failure, and respiratory muscle weakness.[1][1] The study by Diaz-Abad et al[2][2] shows that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is very common among

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Keywords

Male, Positive-Pressure Respiration, Sleep Apnea Syndromes, Medicine, Humans, Female, Respiratory Insufficiency, Respiration, Artificial, Ventilator Weaning

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