Normal non-regular snores as a tool for screening SAHS severity

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3197-3200

  Mesquita, J ^a   Fiz, J A ^c   Sola Soler, J ^a   Morera, J ^b   Jane, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PARAMETERS; BREATHING CYCLE; UPPER AIRWAY;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SNORING;

EID: 84862591270     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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