Clinical consequences and economic costs of untreated obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-27

  Knauert, Melissa ^a   Naik, Sreelatha ^a   Gillespie, M Boyd ^b   Kryger, Meir ^a,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Cost; Mandibular advancement device; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DEATH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDLINE; METABOLIC DISORDER; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UVULOPALATOPHARYNGOPLASTY;

EID: 84968908563     PISSN: 20958811     EISSN: 25891081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wjorl.2015.08.001     Document Type: Review

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