… sleep physicians, and 5) used children as participants. Adult OSA screening in primary care
and internal medicine settings is the focus of this article because early detection of the sleep …

… sleep apnea, and of sleep disorders in general. The purpose of this study was to perform a
standardized survey of primary care … symptoms and risk factors for sleep apnea, as well as a …

… primary objectives of this article are to evaluate what percentage of patients referred by primary
care physicians for sleep … ; and to determine whether primary care physicians asked key …

… of sleep disruption, >50% of primary care patients have sleep complaints. Despite the high
prevalence of sleep disorders in the population and primary care setting, sleep complains are …

Rationale: General practitioners play a passive role in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
management. Simplification of the diagnosis and use of a semiautomatic algorithm for treatment …

… sleep apnea is a disorder with serious medical, socioeconomic, and psychological morbidity,
yet most patients with OSA remain undetected. Primary care … ) studies at sleep clinics. …

… primary care setting is unknown. The aim of this study was to compare the clinical efficacy of
obstructive sleep apnea management provided by a primary care … a specialist sleep center. …

… in developing primary care delivery models for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) because of
the difficulty in ensuring timely access to care for patients with OSA. Primary care management …

… stage of the diagnosis of sleep apnea enables the use of … and enable primary care physicians
and sleep specialists to … in a sleep laboratory is the gold standard for diagnosing sleep …

… Obstructive sleep apnea should be suspected in patients who … The diagnosis of sleep
apnea may be confirmed by sleep … In patients with mild sleep apnea, conservative treatment …