title: MESAM: a heart rate and snoring recorder for detection of obstructive sleep apnea.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Medical Poliklinik of Philipps University, Marburg, F.R.G.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Penzel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amend
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meinzer
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: von Wichert
mesh_terms: 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*