Diagnosis of pediatric obstructive sleep disordered breathing: Beyond the gold standard

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 791-809

  Jambhekar, Supriya ^a,b   Carroll, John L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Apnea; Child; Gold standard; Polysomnography; Sleep; Sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART RATE AND RHYTHM; HUMAN; MANOMETER; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PLETHYSMOGRAPH; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PULSE OXIMETER; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY AIRFLOW; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; THERMAL SENSOR;

EID: 65449156053     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/17476348.2.6.791     Document Type: Review

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