Increased prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in adults. Peppard PE, Young T, Barnet JH, Palta M, Hagen EW, Hla KM.
PMID: 8887615ĭempsey JA, Veasey SC, Morgan BJ, O'Donnell CP. Upper airway and soft tissue structural changes induced by CPAP in normal subjects. CPAP-related aerophagia: awareness first!. Aerofagia patológica: uma causa rara de distensão abdominal crônica. Functional abdominal bloating with distention.
Symptoms of aerophagia are common in patients on continuous positive airway pressure therapy and are related to the presence of nighttime gastroesophageal reflux. CPAP and things that go 'burp' in the night.
