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The Effect of Sleep Disordered Breathing on the Outcome of Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Johannes Birkbak,
A. J. Clark,
Naja Hulvej Rod
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3376
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , case fatality rate , sleep disordered breathing , public health , pediatrics , sleep medicine , sleep disorder , emergency medicine , psychiatry , epidemiology , obstructive sleep apnea , insomnia , pathology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The primary objective was to systematically review the literature on how sleep disordered breathing (SDB) affects recurrence and death among stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) patients. A secondary objective was to evaluate how treatment of SDB with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) affects the risk of recurrence and death in these patients.

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