Screening for obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome: Subjective and objective factors

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-535

  Friedman, Michael ^a,b   Wilson, Meghan N ^b   Pulver, Tanya ^b   Pandya, Hemang ^b   Joseph, Ninos J ^b   Lin, Hsin Ching ^c   Chang, Hsueh Wen ^d  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b part of Advocate Aurora Health   (United States)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA HYPOPNEA SYNDROME SCORE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 77949425895     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.12.038     Document Type: Article

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