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Sleep-related breathing disorders in adults: Recommendations for syndrome definition and measurement techniques in clinical research
W. Ward Flemons,Daniel J. Buysse,Susan Redline,A. Oack,Kingman P. Strohl,John R. Wheatley,Terry Young,Neil J. Douglas,Patrick Levy,W. McNicolas,John A. Fleetham,David P. White,W. Schmidt-Nowarra,D. Carley,J. Romaniuk +14 more
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Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death.
H. Klar Yaggi,John Concato,Walter N. Kernan,Judith H. Lichtman,Lawrence M. Brass,Vahid Mohsenin +5 more
TL;DR: The obstructive sleep apnea syndrome significantly increases the risk of stroke or death from any cause, and the increase is independent of other risk factors, including hypertension.
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Using the Berlin Questionnaire To Identify Patients at Risk for the Sleep Apnea Syndrome
TL;DR: The Berlin Questionnaire was evaluated for the usefulness of this instrument in identifying patients with sleep apnea in primary care settings and was shown to be useful in sleep clinic and community surveys.
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Practice parameters for the indications for polysomnography and related procedures: an update for 2005.
Clete A. Kushida,Michael R. Littner,Timothy I. Morgenthaler,Cathy A. Alessi,Dennis R. Bailey,Jack Coleman,Leah Friedman,Max Hirshkowitz,Sheldon Kapen,Milton Kramer,Teofilo Lee-Chiong,Daniel L. Loube,Judith A. Owens,Jeffrey Pancer,Merrill S. Wise +14 more
TL;DR: These practice parameters are an update of the previously-published recommendations regarding the indications for polysomnography and related procedures in the diagnosis of sleep disorders.
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Stop questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea
Frances Chung,Balaji Yegneswaran,Pu Liao,Sharon A. Chung,Santhira Vairavanathan,Sazzadul Islam,Ali Khajehdehi,Colin M. Shapiro +7 more
TL;DR: The STOP questionnaire is a concise and easy-to-use screening tool for OSA that has been developed and validated in surgical patients at preoperative clinics and had a high sensitivity, especially for patients with moderate to severe OSA.
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Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis.
Adam Benjafield,Najib T. Ayas,Peter R. Eastwood,Raphael Heinzer,Mary S.M. Ip,Mary J. Morrell,Carlos M Nunez,Sanjay R. Patel,Thomas Penzel,Jean-Louis Pépin,Paul E. Peppard,Sanjeev Sinha,Sergio Tufik,Kate Valentine,Atul Malhotra +14 more
TL;DR: This is the first study to report global prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea; with almost 1 billion people affected, and with prevalence exceeding 50% in some countries, effective diagnostic and treatment strategies are needed to minimise the negative health impacts and to maximise cost-effectiveness.