Is there a cost-effective way to diagnose mild sleep-disordered breathing?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 586-593

  Bachour, A ^a   Herrala, J ^b   Maasilta, P ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Mild sleep disordered breathing; Oesophageal pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0036695266     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2002.1306     Document Type: Article

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