TY - GEN
T1 - The importance of the very low frequency power of heart rate variability in screening of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
AU - Hossen, Abdulnasir
AU - Al Ghunaimi, Bader
AU - Hassan, Mohammed
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Sleep apnea is a complete or partial cessation of breathing during sleep. Obstructive sleep Apnea (OSA) is the common form of apnea that occurs when the upper airway is partially or completely obstructed due to the relaxation of dilating muscles. In developed countries the cost of investigating patients has increased considerably during the last decade as the only reliable method for the diagnosis of OSA until now is overnight sleep studies (Polysomnography), which is a cumbersome, time consuming and expensive procedure requiring specially trained polysomnographers and needs recording of ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG, nasal air respiratory effort and oxygen saturation.
AB - Sleep apnea is a complete or partial cessation of breathing during sleep. Obstructive sleep Apnea (OSA) is the common form of apnea that occurs when the upper airway is partially or completely obstructed due to the relaxation of dilating muscles. In developed countries the cost of investigating patients has increased considerably during the last decade as the only reliable method for the diagnosis of OSA until now is overnight sleep studies (Polysomnography), which is a cumbersome, time consuming and expensive procedure requiring specially trained polysomnographers and needs recording of ECG, EEG, EMG, EOG, nasal air respiratory effort and oxygen saturation.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISIEA.2011.6108793
DO - 10.1109/ISIEA.2011.6108793
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84855642260
SN - 9781457714184
T3 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ISIEA 2011
SP - 638
EP - 642
BT - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ISIEA 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Industrial Electronics and Applications, ISIEA 2011
Y2 - 25 September 2011 through 28 September 2011
ER -