%0 Journal Article
%T The effect of nonbenzodiazepines sedative hypnotics on apnea¨Chypopnea index: A meta-analysis
%A Gaurav Nigam
%A Macario Camacho
%A Muhammad Riaz
%J Archive of "Annals of Thoracic Medicine".
%D 2019
%R 10.4103/atm.ATM_198_18
%X Nonbenzodiazepine (non-BZD) sedative hypnotics (NBSH) refer to non-BZD sedatives that act as BZD receptor agonists such as zolpidem, zaleplon, and eszopiclone. Today, there is a high prevalence of insomnia with or without concurrent obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Our goal was to study how NBSH use impacts the baseline apnea¨Chypopnea index (AHI) in patients with or without OSA
%K Apnea¨Chypopnea index
%K continuous positive airway pressure
%K eszopiclone
%K nonbenzodiazepine sedative hypnotics
%K obstructive sleep apnea
%K placebo
%K zolpidem
%K zopiclone
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6341859/