Review of sleep studies of patients with chronic insomnia at a sleep disorder unit

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 317-323

  Wong, Sheau Hwa ^a   Ng, Beng Yeong ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chronic insomnia; Obstructive sleep apnoea; Polysomnography; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK CIRCUMFERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIODIC LIMB MOVEMENT DISORDER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; REM SLEEP; SINGAPORE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NOCTURNAL MYOCLONUS SYNDROME; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931040809     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015089     Document Type: Article

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