Asociación entre el asma y el riesgo de desarrollar apnea obstructiva del sueño

Mihaela Teodorescu1, Jodi H Barnet2, Erika W Hagen2

  • 1James B. Skatrud Pulmonary/Sleep Research Laboratory, William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin2Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison3Center for Sleep Medicine and Sleep Re.

JAMA
|January 14, 2015
PubMed
Resumen

El asma está relacionada con un mayor riesgo de desarrollar apnea obstructiva del sueño (AOS). Este estudio encontró que las personas con asma tenían más probabilidades de desarrollar una nueva aparición de AOS, especialmente con una mayor duración del asma.

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