Inter-observer agreement on apnoea hypopnoea index using portable monitoring of respiratory parameters

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 43-44, 2007, Pages 602-607

  Bridevaux, Pierre Olivier ^a,b   Fitting, Jean William ^a   Fellrath, Jean Marc ^a   Aubert, John David ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diagnostic test; Home sleep study; Portable monitoring of respiratory parameters; Sleep apnoea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 36148963301     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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