Telemetric CPAP titration at home in patients with sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-157

  Dellacà, Raffaele ^a   Montserrat, Josep M ^c,d   Govoni, Leonardo ^a   Pedotti, Antonio ^a   Navajas, Daniel ^b,d,e   Farré, Ramon ^b,d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

Author keywords

E health; Home CPAP titration by telemetry; Obstructive sleep apnea; Point of care; Telecare; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRFLOW; AIRWAY PRESSURE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HOME CARE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TELEMEDICINE; TELEMETRY;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 79251641974     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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