Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Naricha Chirakalwasan Author

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Subjects of specialization
Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome, Positional Sleep Apnea, Innovation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment, Insomnia

Affiliation
Excellence Center for Sleep Disorders, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

Biography

Naricha Chirakalwasan working in Excellence Center for Sleep Disorders, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand and done Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York, she completed her Sleep Medicine in University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, USA.

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The Importance of Habitual Sleep Position in Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Asians

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Naricha Chirakalwasan, Busarakum Teerapraipruk, Lalitha Pereirasamy

The Importance of Habitual Sleep Position in Obstructive Sleep Apnea among Asians

Introduction: Our prior investigation found positional sleep apnea accounting for approximately 70% of Asian obstructive sleep apnea patients. We hypothesized that the habitual side sleeping may indicate an obstructive sleep apnea deterring mechanism. Method: We retrospectively reviewed 542 polysomnographic studies from our sleep laboratory. We includ... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000135

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