Rules for scoring respiratory events in sleep: Update of the 2007 AASM manual for the scoring of sleep and associated events

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-619

  Berry, Richard B ^a   Budhiraja, Rohit ^b   Gottlieb, Daniel J ^c   Gozal, David ^d   Iber, Conrad ^e   Kapur, Vishesh K ^f   Marcus, Carole L ^g   Mehra, Reena ^h   Parthasarathy, Sairam ⁱ   Quan, Stuart F ^j   Redline, Susan ^k   Strohl, Kingman P ^h   Ward, Sally L Davidson ^l   Tangredi, Michelle M ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^m American Academy of Sleep Medicine   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HYPOPNEA; HYPOVENTILATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSOR; SLEEP; SNORING;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; SLEEP MEDICINE SPECIALTY; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84868111909     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2172     Document Type: Article

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