Chair(s): Manuel Sanchez De La Torre, Athanasia Pataka
Session type: Mini symposium
Maria Rosaria Bonsignore
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Vicki Maylan
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Sophia E. Schiza
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Sex differences in obesity-related respiratory failure
Maria Rosaria Bonsignore
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Jean-louis Pépin
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Session aims
to highlight the epidemiological and pathophysiological differences between the sexes in sleep-disordered breathing and chronic respiratory failure and to critically discuss how these affect symptoms and treatment outcomes.; to identify the gaps in knowledge on sex differences in obstructive sleep apnoea, central sleep apnoea syndromes and obesity-related respiratory failure, to determine future research priorities in these areas.