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Development of methods for sleep disordered breathing to identify phenotypes.
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference - 1 Jul 2017
Penzel Thomas, Schobel Christoph, Glos Martin, Schwarz Lisa, Prochnow Lisa, Fietze Ingo
Abstract excerpt
Sleep disordered breathing a very common disorder with prevalence rates of up to 49% in large epidemiological studies on subjects older than 40 years. A recent study showed that applying CPAP treatment to patients with sleep disordered breathing recruited by their number of apnea and hypopnea events alone, does improve sleepiness but does not improve overall cardiovascular mortality. Based on older large studies...
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