… The purpose of this review is to educate the primary care provider about the important
differences between PSG and HSTs, the advantages and limitations of both modalities, identifying …

… sleep monitoring. Methods 157 patients aged 25–70 years attending their primary care
physician for any reason at six primary care … . An algorithm to stratify sleep apnea risk in a sleep …

… sleep apnea syndrome, and restless legs syndrome with age observed in our primary care
… reveals the high prevalence of sleep disorders within a primary care population for all age …

… The level of clinical suspicion of sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) among primary
care physicians is low. The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of a primary care …

… Eligible patients were randomised into either one of two models of care: (1) Primary care-…
auto-titrating CPAP, or (2) Usual care in a specialist sleep centre, involving sleep physician …

… physiologically-based sleep disorders (eg, obstructive sleep apnea, sleep terrors) across all
… of interventions to address these behavioral sleep concerns remains limited in primary care. …

… Primary care physicians should assume the responsibility of identifying patients at risk for
obstructive sleep apnea … that the primary care community generally did not understand sleep …

… in randomly selected primary care patients, who also underwent a home sleep apnea test
(HSAT). Respiratory polygraphy or polysomnography were performed at the sleep unit to …

… Questionnaires available for assessing OSA risk include the Berlin Questionnaire, 40
developed for use in the primary care setting, and the STOP-Bang questionnaire, 41 developed for …

… prospectively validate the prognostic value of oximetry alone or combined in a two-step
strategy with a questionnaire for the exclusion of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in primary care. …