Validation of the ApneaLink™ for the screening of sleep apnea: A novel and simple single-channel recording device

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-392

  Erman, Milton K ^a   Stewart, Deirdre ^e   Einhorn, Daniel ^b   Gordon, Nancy ^c   Casal, Eileen ^d  

^a Pacific Sleep Medicine Services   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c Gordon and Associates   (United States)

^d ResMed Corp   (United States)

^e ResMed Corp ^*

Author keywords

Apnea; ApneaLink; Hypopnea; Instrumentation; Polysomnography; Screening; Sleep apnea; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATCH CLAMP; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VALIDATION PROCESS; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34250800983     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.26861     Document Type: Article

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