Development of a screening tool for sleep disordered breathing in children using the phone Oximeter™.

Development of a screening tool for sleep disordered breathing in children using the phone Oximeter™.

BACKGROUND: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB) can lead to daytime sleepiness, growth failure and developmental delay in children. Polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard to diagnose SDB, is a highly resource-intensive test, confined to the sleep laboratory. AIM: To combine the blood oxygen saturatio...

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Main Authors: Ainara Garde, Parastoo Dehkordi, Walter Karlen, David Wensley, J Mark Ansermino, Guy A Dumont
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4234680?pdf=render

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