Ventilatory drive and the apnea-hypopnea index in six-to-twelve year old children

Ventilatory drive and the apnea-hypopnea index in six-to-twelve year old children

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BACKGROUND:We tested the hypothesis that ventilatory drive in hypoxia and hypercapnia is inversely correlated with the number of hypopneas and obstructive apneas per hour of sleep (obstructive apnea hypopnea index, OAHI) in children.METHODS:Fifty children, 6 to 12 years of age were studied. Particip...

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Main Authors: Fregosi, Ralph, Quan, Stuart, Jackson, Andrew, Kaemingk, Kris, Morgan, Wayne, Goodwin, Jamie, Reeder, Jenny, Cabrera, Rosaria, Antonio, Elena
Other Authors: Department of Physiology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
Language:en
Published: BioMed Central 2004
Subjects:
control of breathing
hypoxia
hypercapnia
mouth occlusion pressure
apnea-hypopnea index
Online Access:BMC Pulmonary Medicine 2004, 4:4 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2466/4/4
http://hdl.handle.net/10150/610096
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/610096
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