Continuous analysis and monitoring of snores and their relationship to the apnea-hypopnea index

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 854-862

  Fiz, José Antonio ^a,d   Jané, Raimon ^b,c   Solà Soler, Jordi ^b,c   Abad, Jorge ^d   García, M Ángeles ^d   Morera, José ^d  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breathing sounds; Signal interpretation; Sleep apnea syndromes; Snoring

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTOANALYZER; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MONITOR; NIGHT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDER; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SNORING; SOUND INTENSITY; SPECTROMETRY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; APNEA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 77950786713     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20815     Document Type: Article

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