Utility of home oximetry as a screening test for patients with moderate to severe symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea

Sleep

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 932-937

  Golpe, Rafael ^a   Jiménez, Antonio ^a,b   Carpizo, Rosario ^a   Cifrian, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oximetry; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; OXIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 0344806286     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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