Tracing air flow and diagnosing hypopnoeas in normal subjects

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Akre, Harriet ^a   Borgersen, Anne Kari ^a   Mair, Iain W S ^a   Skatvedt, Olav ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air flow measurements; New method; Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome; Polysomnography; Pressure measurements; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AIR; SLEEP RESEARCH; THERMISTORS;

% REDUCTIONS; AIR FLOW; AIRFLOW MEASUREMENTS; CONDITION; NEW METHOD; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA SYNDROME; PNEUMOTACHOGRAPH; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVES; SLEEP-RELATED BREATHING DISORDERS;

DIAGNOSIS;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOVENTILATION; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PNEUMOTACHYGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THERMISTOR;

EID: 0034120641     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/21/2/302     Document Type: Article

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