Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Fatigue and Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial | Zendy

Lianne TomfohrMadsen | Zendy; Sonia AncoliIsrael | Zendy; José S. Loredo | Zendy; Joel E. Dimsdale | Zendy

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Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Fatigue and Sleepiness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Data from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Author(s) -

Lianne TomfohrMadsen,

Sonia AncoliIsrael,

José S. Loredo,

Joel E. Dimsdale

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.1093/sleep/34.1.121

Subject(s) - epworth sleepiness scale , continuous positive airway pressure , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , placebo , apnea–hypopnea index , therapeutic effect , apnea , randomized controlled trial , excessive daytime sleepiness , sleep apnea , modafinil , physical therapy , anesthesia , polysomnography , sleep disorder , insomnia , psychiatry , alternative medicine , pathology

Complaints of fatigue are frequent in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); however, the impact of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on fatigue remains unclear.

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