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Re: Apnea related to Pulmonary Fibrosis

Posted by Alamo Joe on October 31, 2007 at 19:02:05:

In Reply to: Apnea related to Pulmonary Fibrosis posted by RollingThunder on October 17, 2007 at 11:51:32:

Have you searched PubMed? I am of the opinion that sleep apnea underlies a large number of health problems. Gulleminault, in a 1985 paper, reported that the effort of the diaphragm during an apnea can be 10 to 15 times normal. I do not know if that helps.

CA Alamo Joe

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