Nocturnal oximetry for the diagnosis of the sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome: A method to reduce the number of polysomnographics?

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 968-971

  Chiner, Eusebi ^a   Signes Costa, Jaime ^a   Arriero, Juan Manuel ^a   Marco, Juan ^a   Fuentes, Isabel ^a   Sergado, Antonia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Nocturnal oximetry; Sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome; Sleep apnoea syndrome

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; OXIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0032700333     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.11.968     Document Type: Article

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