How to assess, diagnose, refer and treat adult obstructive sleep apnoea: A commentary on the choices

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 199, Issue 8, 2013, Pages S21-S26

  Mansfield, Darren R ^a   Antic, Nicholas A ^b,c   McEvoy, R Doug ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOBAL DISEASE BURDEN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; OBESITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK EXPERIENCE; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; COMPLICATION; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84891535352     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja13.10909     Document Type: Article

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