A critical review of peripheral arterial tone and pulse transit time as indirect diagnostic methods for detecting sleep disordered breathing and characterizing sleep structure

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 550-558

  Pépin, Jean Louis ^a,b   Tamisier, Renaud ^a,b   Borel, Jean Christian ^a,b   Baguet, Jean Phillipe ^a   Lévy, Patrick ^a,b  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b University Grenoble Alpes   (France)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Peripheral arterial tone; Pulse transit time; Sleep; Sympathetic activity

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTERY TONE; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP STAGES;

EID: 70349804852     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e3283318585     Document Type: Review

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