Open AccessAn Integrated Approach Toward the Clinical and Polysomnographic Characteristics of OSA Accompanying IPF
Author(s) -
Sezgi Şahin Duyar,
Melahat Uzel Şener,
Berna Akıncı Özyürek,
Selma Fırat,
Türkan Kara,
Erdogan Yurdanur,
Aslıhan Gürün Kaya,
Ihsan Atila Keyf
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish thoracic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 7
ISSN - 2149-2530
DOI - 10.5152/turkthoracj.2020.19002
Subject(s) - medicine , polysomnography , idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis , obstructive sleep apnea , quality of life (healthcare) , sleep study , sleep apnea , apnea , lung , nursing
Coincidance of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA) may have important effects on the pathogenesis of each other. Our aim is to define clinical characteristics of patients with IPF and OSA and to identify a combined index to determine the severity of both diseases together.