Discriminating between positional and non-positional obstructive sleep apnea using some clinical characteristics
ConclusionsHalf of patients referred for the sleep study had POSA. Age, BMI, DBP, Mallampati, and Berlin scores, put together, were shown to act as good clinical characteristics to discriminate between POSA and non-POSA patients.
Source: Sleep and Breathing - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research
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