Acoustic parameters of snoring sound to assess the effectiveness of sleep nasendoscopy in predicting surgical outcome

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-275

  Jones, Terry M ^a,b   Walker, Paul ^b   Ho, Meau Shin ^c   Earis, John E ^a,b   Swift, Andrew C ^a,b   Charters, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SEDATION; SLEEP NASENDOSCOPY; SNORING; STEADY STATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, SOFT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746551702     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2005.11.051     Document Type: Article

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