Effects of tonsillectomy on sleep study parameters in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea - A prospective study

Sleep and Breathing

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 265-268

  Tan, Leonard Toh Hui ^a   Tan, Alvin Kah Leong ^a   Hsu, Pon Poh ^a   Loh, Ian Chi Yuan ^a   Yuen, Heng Wai ^a   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Lu, Peter Kuo Sun ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Obstructive sleep apnea; Polysomnography; Sleep disordered breathing; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY DISTURBANCE INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; BODY MASS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900847627     PISSN: 15209512     EISSN: 15221709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11325-013-0875-7     Document Type: Article

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