[Assessment of the MESAM and Biox 3700 early warning methods for the diagnosis of sleep-related respiratory disorders in young men].

We can use pulse oximetry as a method for diagnosis of the sleep apnoea syndrome, as well as L-EKG, MESAM II and the actigraph. In this study MESAM II and pulse oximetry were combined for finding out discrete sleep-related breathing disorders. The results were compared with polysomnography.