Practice Parameters for the Respiratory Indications for Polysomnography in Children

Sleep - Tập 34 Số 3 - Trang 379-388 - 2011
R. Nisha Aurora1, Rochelle Zak2, Anoop Karippot3, Carin Lamm4, Timothy I. Morgenthaler5, Sanford Auerbach6, Sabin R. Bista7, Kenneth R. Casey8, Susmita Chowdhuri9, David A. Kristo10, Kannan Ramar5
1Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
2Sleep Disorders Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco CA
3Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA and University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
4Children's Hospital of NY – Presbyterian, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
6Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
7University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
8Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
9Sleep Medicine Section, John D. Dingell VA Medical Center, and Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
10University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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