A quagmire for clinicians: When technological advances exceed clinical knowledge

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 474-475

  Redline, Susan ^a   Sanders, Mark ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SOMNOLENCE;

EID: 0032973099     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.6.474     Document Type: Editorial

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