Sleep Hypoventilation is Common in Diurnal Normocapnic COPD Patients with Severe or Very Severe Obstruction and is Not Associated with Body Mass Index

Sleep Hypoventilation is Common in Diurnal Normocapnic COPD Patients with Severe or Very Severe Obstruction and is Not Associated with Body Mass Index

Sleep hypoventilation (SH) is common in COPD patients with diurnal hypercapnia, however there are little data on the presence of SH in COPD patients with diurnal normocapnia. In this study the prevalence of SH in stable normocapnic COPD patients with severe or very severe obstruction (GOLD stages II...

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Main Authors: Safir Zewari, Bram van den Borst, Michel van den Heuvel, Frank van den Elshout, Manu Sastry, Petra Vos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023-12-01
Series:COPD
Subjects:
copd
sleep hypoventilation
obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2023.2215324

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2023.2215324

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