Portable monitors in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1672-1677

  Ahmed, Murtuza ^a   Patel, Nirav P ^a   Rosen, Ilene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost; Diagnosis; Home polysomnography; Methods; Obstructive sleep apnea; Portable monitors; Practice guidelines; Review

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 36348967621     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2793     Document Type: Article

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