The utility of the elbow sign in the diagnosis of OSA

Chest

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 518-524

  Fenton, Mark E ^a   Heathcote, Karen ^a   Bryce, Rhonda ^a   Skomro, Robert ^a   Reid, John K ^a   Gjevre, John ^a   Cotton, David ^a  

^a ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SNORING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ELBOW; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SNORING;

EID: 84896788222     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1046     Document Type: Article

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