Assessment of snorers in primary care: Straight path to treatment

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1155, 2002, Pages 269-271

  Sparks, Bryn ^a   Bartle, Alex ^a   Beckert, Lutz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NIGHT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 0037036011     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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