Variations in physician interpretation of overnight pulse oximetry monitoring

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 852-859

  Ramsey, Rory ^a   Mehra, Reena ^a   Strohl, Kingman P ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD; Oximetry; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXIMETRY; PHYSICIAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PULMONOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OXIMETRY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULMONARY DISEASE (SPECIALTY); QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 35448993474     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0312     Document Type: Article

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