Obstructive sleep apnea: Unjustified diagnostic challenges

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 24-28

  Al Jahdali, H H ^a  

^a KING FAHAD NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; PROGESTERONE; PROTRIPTYLINE;

AGE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPERTENSION; OBESITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYCYTHEMIA; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URINE RETENTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0033828714     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2000.24     Document Type: Article

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