MESAM: a heart rate and snoring recorder for detection of obstructive sleep apnea.
The high prevalence of sleep-related breathing disorders demands the development of ambulatory recording devices that can handle data with a high degree of selectivity and are easy to use and to interpret. A digital device based on the recording of heart rate and breathing sounds was developed. Patients with sleep-related breathing disorders can be preselected before they undergo sleep laboratory investigations. Treatment control can be achieved ambulatory, having an initial recording.
Penzel
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Medical Poliklinik of Philipps University, Marburg, F.R.G.
Amend
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Meinzer
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Peter
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JH
von Wichert
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D000553:Ambulatory Care; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012913:Snoring / Q000503:physiopathology*