Annual review of patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome - A pragmatic randomised trial of nurse home visit versus consultant clinic review

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-65

  Palmer, Sharon ^a   Selvaraj, Sivasubramaniam ^a   Dunn, Cathie ^a   Osman, Liesl M ^b   Cairns, John ^b   Franklin, David ^c   Hulks, Geoffrey ^c   Godden, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CPAP; Economics; Outpatient review; Quality of life; Sleep apnea syndrome; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0742323863     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00166-7     Document Type: Article

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