Diagnosis of sleep apnoea: Some critical issues

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-229

  Whitelaw, William A ^a   Burgess, Keith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apnoea hypopnoea index (AHI); Central sleep apnoea; CPAP; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Polysomnography; Portable monitoring; Trials of treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MONITOR; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMORBIDITY; PROCEDURES; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 77649327129     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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