Increasing respiratory dead space improves sleep disordered breathing and hypoxemia in patients with chronic mountain sickness

E. Rexhaj, A. Lovis, P. Y. Jayet, S. Rimoldi, M. Villena, Y. Allemann, R. Heinzer, U. Scherrer, C. Sartori (Lausanne-CHUV, Bern, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Lung disease and mountain sickness: the importance of ventilatory control
Session: Lung disease and mountain sickness: the importance of ventilatory control
Session type: Thematic Poster Session
Number: 981
Disease area: Sleep and breathing disorders

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E. Rexhaj, A. Lovis, P. Y. Jayet, S. Rimoldi, M. Villena, Y. Allemann, R. Heinzer, U. Scherrer, C. Sartori (Lausanne-CHUV, Bern, Switzerland; La Paz, Bolivia). Increasing respiratory dead space improves sleep disordered breathing and hypoxemia in patients with chronic mountain sickness. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, 981

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