Scoring polysomnography respiratory events: The utility of nasal pressure and oro-nasal thermal sensor recordings

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-425

  Teichtahl, Harry ^a,b   Cunnington, David ^a   Cherry, Gaye ^a   Wang, David ^a,b  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airflow measurement; Apnea; Hypopnea; Nasal pressure; Polysomnography; Sleep

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CANNULA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; MOUTH BREATHING; NOSE BREATHING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SLEEP DISORDER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

EID: 0141446372     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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