Change in epworth sleepiness scale after surgical treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1590-1593

  Yaremchuk, Kathleen ^a   Tacia, Brandy ^a   Peterson, Edward ^a   Roth, Thomas ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

continuous positive airway pressure; Epworth Sleepiness Scale; excessive daytime sleepiness; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

ADULT; CATHETER ABLATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959377649     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21823     Document Type: Article

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