Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing in hospitalized cardiac patients: A reduction in 30-day hospital readmission rates

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1051-1059

  Kauta, Shilpa R ^a   Keenan, Brendan T ^a   Goldberg, Lee ^a   Schwab, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

30 day readmission rate; Hospitalized patient testing; Portable sleep studies; Sleep disordered breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIAC PATIENT; CENTRAL SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPLICATION; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT READMISSION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84908470295     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.4096     Document Type: Article

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