The AASM scoring manual: A critical appraisal

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 540-549

  Grigg Damberger, Madeleine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AASM standard; Polysomnography classification standards; Practice guidelines as topic sleep apnea; Practice guidelines as topic sleep scoring; Sleep scoring parameters

Indexed keywords

BOOKJ; HUMAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP STAGE; SLEEP TIME; STANDARD;

HUMANS; MANUALS AS TOPIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP MEDICINE SPECIALTY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349814387     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: 15316971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328331a2bf     Document Type: Review

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