The use of pulse transit time in pediatric sleep studies: A systematic review

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2018, Pages 4-13

  Smith, Laurelle A ^a   Dawes, Patrick J ^b   Galland, Barbara C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arousal; Blood pressure; Children; Obstructive sleep apnea; Pulse transit time; Sleep

Indexed keywords

APNEA HYPOPNEA INDEX; AROUSAL; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; PEDIATRICS; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULSE TRANSIT TIME; REVIEW; SCREENING; SLEEP DISORDER ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULSE WAVE; SLEEP;

AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 85011032493     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: 15322955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2016.11.006     Document Type: Review

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