Should patients with possible obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) be screened with overnight pulse oximetry or multichannel sleep studies as a first line diagnostic tool?

Alison Butler (Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom), Alison Butler, Julie Lloyd

Source: International Congress 2015 – Measuring sleep-disordered breathing in children and adults II: questionnaires, epidemiology and sleep studies
Disease area: Sleep and breathing disorders

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Alison Butler (Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom), Alison Butler, Julie Lloyd. Should patients with possible obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) be screened with overnight pulse oximetry or multichannel sleep studies as a first line diagnostic tool?. Eur Respir J 2015; 46: Suppl. 59, 2360

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