Scoring respiratory events in paediatric patients: Evaluation of nasal pressure and thermistor recordings separately and in combination

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-405

  Verginis, Nicole ^a   Davey, Margot J ^a   Horne, Rosemary S C ^b  

^a Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Southern Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Nasal pressure; Polysomnography; Respiratory scoring; Sleep disordered breathing; Thermistor

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY PRESSURE; APNEA; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NOSE AIRFLOW; NOSE PRESSURE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP TIME; THERMISTOR;

AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77949916733     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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