Comparison of two methods of quantitative assessment of hypoxemia in patients with sleep disorders

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-45

  Chesson, Andrew L ^a   Anderson, W McDowell ^b   Walls, Robert C ^c   Bairnsfather, Lee E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Nocturnal hypoxemia; Oximetry; Polysomnography; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SATURATION IMPAIRMENT TIME INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

EID: 0035123275     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(00)00041-1     Document Type: Article

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