The method for diagnosis matters in sleep apnea. A systematic analysis of polygraphy and polysomnography data in the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA)

Volume: 40, Pages: 184
Published: Sep 1, 2012
Abstract
In the ESADA study, each of the 23 participating centers used its own routine clinical and diagnostic procedures for OSA detection. Alltogether, data from 8228 patients with suspected OSA (M or F, 18–80 yrs) were analysed in order to compare results obtained by polygraphy (PG) (n= 5032) or polysomnography (PSG) (n=3196). The AASM 2007 criteria have been used for visual scoring of apnoea/hypopnoea and in addition in a PSG study, an event with...
Paper Details
Title
The method for diagnosis matters in sleep apnea. A systematic analysis of polygraphy and polysomnography data in the European Sleep Apnea Database (ESADA)
Published Date
Sep 1, 2012
Volume
40
Pages
184
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