REM-Related Obstructive Sleep Apnea: To Treat or Not to Treat?
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The clinical dilema: to treat or not to treat REM related obstructive sleep apnea?
755 Letter to the Editor—Ganguly I read with great interest the commentary by Mokhlesi and Punjabi, “REM-related obstructive sleep apnea (OSA): An epiphenomenon or a clinically important entity?”1 The article was eloquently written, and it brings up some important points. REM sleep period comprises about 20% to 25% of normal human sleep architecture.2 REM sleep mostly occurs in the last half of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1550-9389,1550-9397
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1904