On the potential clinical relevance of the length of arousals from sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-180

  Schwartz, Daniel J ^a   Moxley, Pat ^b  

^a Tampa Sleep Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arousals from sleep; Obstructive sleep apnea; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SOMNOLENCE;

AROUSAL; BODY MASS INDEX; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745149008     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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