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Sleep Board Review Test 1

5.  The following statements refer to the changes that occur to the hypoxic ventilatory response during sleep.  Which statement is true?

 

a.  the hypoxic ventilatory response is greater during REM than NREM sleep

b.  the hypoxic ventilatory response is decreased during NREM sleep compared to wake in both men and women

c.  the hypoxic ventilatory response falls in NREM sleep in men but not in women

d.  the hypoxic ventilatory response increases in NREM sleep compared to wakefulness in women

 

 

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