The 2007 AASM recommendations for EEG electrode placement in polysomnography: Impact on sleep and cortical arousal scoring

Sleep

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-81

  Ruehland, Warren R ^a,b   O'Donoghue, Fergal J ^a   Pierce, Robert J ^a   Thornton, Andrew T ^c   Singh, Parmjit ^c   Copland, Janet M ^d   Stevens, Bronwyn ^a   Rochford, Peter D ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical arousal scoring; Electroencephalography; Inter scorer reliability; Intra scorer reliability; Kappa; Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Sleep architecture; Sleep disordered breathing; Sleep scoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 79751484958     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/34.1.73     Document Type: Article

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