Annette C. Fedson

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated whether traditional anthropometric measures, such as body mass index (BMI), waist and neck circumferences, neck-to-waist ratio (NWR), waist-tohip ratio (WHR), and a combination of both best predicted OSA severity.

TL;DR: The pooled estimate shows a favorable reduction of BP with CPAP treatment in patients with resistant hypertension and OSA, and the effects sizes are larger than those previously reported in Patients with OSA without resistant hypertension.

TL;DR: There is strong agreement in the scoring of respiratory events among the SAGIC centers and substantial epoch-by-epoch agreement in scoring sleep variables, suggesting that centralized scoring of PSGs may not be necessary in future research collaboration among international sites where experienced, well-trained scorers are involved.

TL;DR: The data support the observation that it is those patients with increased sleepiness regardless of OSA severity who are most at risk of motor vehicle crashes, and there is a strong association between excessive daytime sleepiness and increased report of near-misses.

TL;DR: Overall performance of the PM device is consistent with current recommended criteria for an "acceptable" device to confidently "rule-in" OSA in a high pretest probability clinic population, and the data support the utility of simple two-channel diagnostic devices to confirm the diagnosis of Osa in the home environment.