Novel parameters indicate significant differences in severity of obstructive sleep apnea with patients having similar apnea-hypopnea index.

Sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) causes impairment of daytime functions and increases risk of cardiovascular diseases. Apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), currently used for the estimation of the severity of SAHS, does not contain information on the morphology or duration aspects of the breathing cessat...

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Publicado en:Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing Vol. 51; no. 6; pp. 697 - 709
Autores principales: Kulkas, Antti, Tiihonen, Pekka, Julkunen, Petro, Mervaala, Esa, Töyräs, Juha
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2013
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