Contemporary issues in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 46-52

  Rubins, Jeffrey B ^a,b,c   Kunisaki, Ken M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Pulmonary 111N ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Continuous positive airway pressure; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea, obstructive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; MONITORING; OXIMETRY; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SCREENING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REVIEW;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 54049085450     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2008.07.1790     Document Type: Article

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