Sleep apnea testing and outcomes in a large cohort of medicare beneficiaries with newly diagnosed heart failure

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 539-546

  Javaheri, Shahrokh ^a   Caref, E Ben ^b   Chen, Er ^c   Tong, Kuo Bianchini ^c   Abraham, William T ^d  

^a Sleepcare Diagnostics   (United States)

^b Medtelligence   (United States)

^c Quorum Consulting Inc   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mortality; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAW ALIGNMENT AND SOFT TISSUE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951824942     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201003-0406OC     Document Type: Article

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