Portable-monitor testing: An alternative strategy for managing patients with obstructive sleep apnea

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1196-1215

  Kuna, Samuel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness research; Continuous positive airway pressure; CPAP; Polysomnogram; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITOR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRESSURE; RECORDER; REFERENCE VALUE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; AMBULATORY MONITORING; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77957919992     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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