Diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea in patients' homes: The rationale and methods of the "GoToSleep" randomized-controlled trial

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-35

  Bravata, Dawn M ^a,b,c,d   Ferguson, Jared ^c   Miech, Edward J ^a,b   Agarwal, Rajiv ^b,c   McClain, Vincent ^e   Austin, Charles ^c   Struve, Frederick ^e   Foresman, Brian ^b,c   Li, Xinli ^b   Wang, Zhu ^e,g   Williams, Linda S ^a,b,c,d   Dallas, Mary I ^e   Couch, Cody D ^e   Sico, Jason ^e,f   Fragoso, Carlos ^f   Matthias, Marianne S ^a,b,c,d   Chumbler, Neale ^a,b,c,d   Myers, Jennifer ^a,b   Burrus, Nicholas ^a,b   Dube, Archana ^c   French, Dustin D ^b,c,d   Schmid, Arlene A ^a,b,c,d   Concato, John ^e,f   Yaggi, H Klar ^e,f   more..

^a Stroke Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain ischemia; Hypertension; Sleep apnea

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; VETERAN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STROKE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84863137408     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.1654     Document Type: Article

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