A suitable test for identifying high risk adult patients of moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-280

  Casale, Manuele ^a   Rinaldi, V ^a   Bressi, F ^a   Di Peco, V ^a   Baptista, P ^b   Sadun, B ^a   Urrestarazu, E ^b   Trivelli, M ^a   Salvinelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Moderate severe sleep apnoea syndrome; Obesity; Polysomnography; Questionnaire; Screening tool; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREATHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SORE THROAT; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 49449088998     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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