Practical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome;Guías prácticas de diagnóstico y tratamiento del síndrome de apneas e hipopneas obstructivas del sueño

Medicina (Argentina)

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 349-362

  Nogueira, Facundo ^a   Nigro, Carlos ^a   Cambursano, Hugo ^a   Borsini, Eduardo ^a   Silio, Julio ^a   Ávila, Jorge ^a  

^a IRCCS Fondazione Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Hypersomnolence; Polysomnography; Sleep apnea syndromes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COGNITION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXYGEN THERAPY; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING;

GUIDELINES; HYPERSOMNOLENCE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

ARGENTINA; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; OXIMETRY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84886823145     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: 16699106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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