Adolescents with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Adhere Poorly to Positive Airway Pressure (PAP), but PAP Users Show Improved Attention and School Performance

Dean W. Beebe; Kelly C. Byars

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016924

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Adolescents with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Adhere Poorly to Positive Airway Pressure (PAP), but PAP Users Show Improved Attention and School Performance

Dean W. Beebe ,

* E-mail: dean.beebe@cchmc.org

Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Kelly C. Byars

Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Adolescents with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Adhere Poorly to Positive Airway Pressure (PAP), but PAP Users Show Improved Attention and School Performance

Dean W. Beebe,
Kelly C. Byars

Published: March 17, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016924

About the Authors

Dean W. Beebe

* E-mail: dean.beebe@cchmc.org

Affiliations Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Kelly C. Byars

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DWB. Performed the experiments: DWB. Analyzed the data: DWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWB. Wrote the paper: DWB KCB.

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