Urinary uric acid excretion as an indicator of severe hypoxia and mortality in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease


Ozanturk E., Ucar Z. Z., Varol Y., Koca H., DEMİR A. U., Kalenci D., ...More

REVISTA PORTUGUESA DE PNEUMOLOGIA, vol.22, no.1, pp.18-26, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Objective: Uric acid (UA) is the end product of adenosine triphosphate degradation, and could increase due to hypoxia. We investigated the association of UA metabolites with nocturnal hypoxemia, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) usage and five-year mortality.