Sleep-disordered breathing in patients with cystic fibrosis

AbstractObjective: To test the hypothesis that disease severity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) is correlated with an increased risk of sleep apnea.Methods: A total of 34 CF patients underwent clinical and functional evaluation, as well as portable polysomnography, spirometry, and determinatio...

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Main Authors: Jefferson Veronezi, Ana Paula Carvalho, Claudio Ricachinewsky, Anneliese Hoffmann, Danielle Yuka Kobayashi, Otavio Bejzman Piltcher, Fernando Antonio Abreu e Silva, Denis Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2015-08-01
Series:Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132015000400351&lng=en&tlng=en