Is apnea hypopnea index a good predictor for obesity hypoventilation syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea?

Sleep Breath. 2007 Sep;11(3):201; author reply 203-4. doi: 10.1007/s11325-007-0121-2.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Body Mass Index
  • Comorbidity
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / epidemiology
  • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Oxygen / blood
  • Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology*
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / diagnosis
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / epidemiology
  • Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / physiopathology*
  • Statistics as Topic

Substances

  • Oxygen