PRo: Sliding into home: Portable sleep testing is effective for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-7

  Kirsch, Douglas B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME SLEEP TESTING; HUMAN; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP MEDICINE;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 84872745861     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.2324     Document Type: Review

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