| Literature DB >> 24022550 |
Jing Zhang1, Yan Wang, Jing Feng, Xin Sun.
Abstract
Patients with moderate or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease run a high risk of developing sleep-induced hypoxaemia, because of alveolar hypoventilation and ventilation-perfusion mismatch. This article looks at the prevalence, significance and treatment of sleep-induced hypoxaemia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID： 24022550 DOI： 10.12968/hmed.2013.74.9.497
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Hosp Med (Lond) ISSN： 1750-8460 Impact factor: 0.825