title: [Diagnosis of sleep apnea: required equipment for staged diagnosis].
abstract: In view of the high prevalence of sleep apnoea (SA) a stepped concept for diagnosis and therapy is needed. Such a concept requires appropriate instrumentation. The apparative requirement for a five-stage concept, and the experience gained with it, are presented, in particular these newly introduced stages: screening instrument, based on an analysis of heart rate and breathing sounds, and a mobile sleep laboratory based on oxygen saturation measurement combined with inductive plethysmography and four further parameters. Experience obtained with such a stepped concept demonstrates its efficiency and necessity in the diagnosis of sleep-related breathing disturbances.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Penzel
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Amend
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faust
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Peter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meinzer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000295:instrumentation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Diagnostik der Schlafapnoe: Apparative Voraussetzungen zur Stufendiagnostik.