Treatment of Sleep Disordered Breathing Liberates Obese Hypoxemic Patients from Oxygen

• Marcus Povitz,

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Patrick J. Hanly,

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sleep Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Sachin R. Pendharkar,

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sleep Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Matthew T. James,

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Willis H. Tsai

  * E-mail: tsai@ucalgary.ca

  Affiliations Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Sleep Centre, Foothills Medical Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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