"the times they are a changin:" Home diagnosis of sleep apnea has arrived

Sleep

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 735-736

  Atwood, Charles W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES OF SLEEP QUESTIONNAIRE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

EID: 84861843484     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5665/sleep.1848     Document Type: Note

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