Diagnosis of sleep apnoea syndrome

Małgorzata Rzymkowska

ISSN: 1505-8409

Przewodnik Lekarza/Guide for GPs Supplement

Current supplement Archive Guide for GPs

1/2007
vol. 1

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Diagnosis of sleep apnoea syndrome

Małgorzata Rzymkowska

Przew Lek 2007; 1: 65-67

Online publish date: 2007/03/21

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Diagnosis of sleep apnoea syndrome includes questionnaires, physical examinations with laryngological assessments and polysomnography. The most important symptoms are: snoring, apnoea, somnolence. Abnormalities during physical examination are obesity, upper respiratory tract stenosis and hypertention. Finally diagnosis is confirmed with polysomnography result with apnoea/hypopnoea index (AHI).

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Diagnosis of sleep apnoea syndrome

Małgorzata Rzymkowska

sleep apnoea syndrome, diagnosis, polysomnography, questionnaires, laryngological assessment