The role of oxygen saturation measurement and body mass index in distinguishing between non-apnoeic snorers and patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 344-346

  Unal M ^a,c   Ozturk L ^b   Kanik, A ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apnoea syndrome; Diagnosis; Obstructive sleep; Oxygen saturation; Polysomnography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 0036413230     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2002.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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