Hypoxia and Medicine

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Summary: . Several studies have confirmed that non-dippers have an abnormally high active sympathetic nervous system in sleep and/or a decrease vagal activity compared to dippers. 25 / 50 patients studied by Zoccali et al. had at least one episode of nocturnal hypoxaemia (median 13, interquartile range 4–31). The parasympathetic control of the heart

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