Management of obstructive sleep apnea in Europe

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-197

  Fietze, I ^a   Penzel, T ^a   Alonderis, A ^b   Barbe, F ^c   Bonsignore, M R ^d   Calverly, P ^e   De Backer, W ^f   Diefenbach, K ^a   Donic, V ^g   Eijsvogel, M M ^h   Franklin, K A ⁱ   Gislason, T ^j   Grote, L ^k   Hedner, J ^k   Jennum, P ^l   Lavie, L ^m   Lavie, P ^m   Levy, P ⁿ   Lombardi, C ^o   Mallin, W ^p   Marrone, O ^q   Montserrat, J M ^r   Papathanasiou, E S ^s   Parati, G ^o,af   Plywaczewski, R ^t   Pretl, M ^u   Riha, R L ^v   Rodenstein, D ^w   Saaresranta, T ^x   Schulz, R ^y   Sliwinski, P ^t   Steiropoulos, P ^z   Svaza, J ^aa   Tomori, Z ^g   Tonnesen, P ^ab   Varoneckas, G ^b   Verbraecken, J ^f,ag   Vesely, J ^ac   Vitols, A ^ad   Zielinski, J ^t   McNicholas, W T ^ae   more..

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation   (Lithuania)

^c HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^f ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^h MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^k SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l University Psychiatric Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^m TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

ⁿ GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^o ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^p LKH Enzenbach ^*  (Austria)

^q CNR   (Italy)

^r HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^s CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^t NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^u CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^v ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^w CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^x TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^y JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^z DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^aa RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^ab Hospital Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^ac PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^ae ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ag MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

OSA management; OSA reimbursement; OSA therapy; OSA treatment; Public health services; Sleep apnea; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EUROPE; FOLLOW UP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REIMBURSEMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP MEDICINE; SNORING; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CERTIFICATION; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MEDICINE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 79251639334     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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