Discrepancy in polysomnography scoring for a patient with obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-360

  Suzuki, Masaaki ^e   Saigusa, Hanako ^e   Chiba, Shintaro ^a   Yagi, Tomoko ^a   Shibasaki, Kana ^b   Hayashi, Mineko ^c   Suzuki, Michiko ^a   Moriyama, Kiyoshi ^d   Kodera, Kazuoki ^e  

^a Ota General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Minami Ikebukuro Clinic   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Sleep Respiratory Center   (Japan)

^e TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apnea hypopnea index; Arousals; Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome; Polysomnography; Sleep stages

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CASE REPORT; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY; REM SLEEP; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; SYNDROME;

EID: 23944508025     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.206.353     Document Type: Article

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