Unreliability of automatic scoring of MESAM 4 in assessing patients with complicated obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

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Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1387-1392

  Cirignotta, F ^a   Mondini, S ^a   Gerardi, R ^a   Mostacci, B ^a   Sancisi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory monitoring; MESAM 4; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0034935797     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.5.1387     Document Type: Article

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