Diagnostic approach to sleep-disordered breathing

Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 573-589

  Thurnheer, Robert ^a  

^a KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiorespiratory monitoring; diagnosis; polysomnography; sleep apnea; sleep disordered breathing; sleepiness; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CHEYNE STOKES BREATHING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OBESITY HYPOVENTILATION SYNDROME; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UPPER AIRWAY RESISTANCE SYNDROME;

EID: 80052615716     PISSN: 17476348     EISSN: 17476356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ers.11.46     Document Type: Review

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