Portable Monitoring for Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea
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Portable monitoring for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The demand for expedient diagnosis of suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has increased due to improved awareness of sleep disorders. Polysomnography (PSG) is the current preferred diagnostic modality but is relatively inconvenient, expensive and inefficient. Portable monitoring has been developed and is widely used in countries outside the United States as an alternative ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2167-583X
DOI: 10.1007/s40136-013-0008-7