Impact of different criteria for defining hypopneas in the apnea-hypopnea index

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 909-914

  Manser, Renee L ^a   Rochford, Peter ^b   Pierce, Robert J ^b   Byrnes, Graham B ^a   Campbell, Donald A ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Hypopnea; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REM SLEEP; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0034820337     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.3.909     Document Type: Article

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