Combined index of heart rate variability and oximetry in screening for the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Raymond, Ben ^a,c   Cayton, R M ^a   Chappell, M J ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Oximetry; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0037338080     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2869.2003.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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