Is the Berlin questionnaire a useful tool to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in the elderly?

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 142-146

  Sforza, Emilia ^a   Chouchou, Florian ^a   Pichot, Vincent ^a   Herrmann, François ^b   Barthélémy, Jean Claude ^a   Roche, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Berlin questionnaire; Elderly; Epidemiology; Screening; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

AGED; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BERLIN QUESTIONNAIRE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79251622025     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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