Effect of the new Medicare guideline on patient qualification for positive airway pressure therapy

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-33

  Raj, Rishi ^a   Hirshkowitz, Max ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousals; Desaturation; Hypopnea; Medicare guidelines; Obstructive sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 0037214674     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1389-9457(02)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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