[HTML][HTML] The use of oximetry and a questionnaire in primary care enables exclusion of a subsequent obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis

TM Fabius, JR Benistant, RG Pleijhuis… - Sleep and …, 2020 - Springer
… 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. …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment, referral and management of obstructive sleep apnea by Australian general practitioners: a qualitative analysis

N Grivell, J Haycock, A Redman, A Vakulin… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
… I think it is an area that – I think a lot of sleep apnea is actually a primary care issue, not a …
common,… we can involve more primary care physicians and health care workers in that sort of …

Provider types and outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea case finding and treatment: a systematic review

KM Kunisaki, N Greer, W Khalil, E Koffel… - Annals of internal …, 2018 - acpjournals.org
… and care model relies on primary care providers to … sleep center, is testing the effectiveness
of a collaborative model involving primary care plus a sleep center versus a traditional sleep

[HTML][HTML] Knowledge and attitude towards obstructive sleep apnea among primary care physicians in northern regions of Saudi Arabia: a multicenter study

AN Al-Rasheedi, A Thirunavukkarasu, A Almutairi… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
… The present study explored inadequate knowledge of OSA among primary care physicians,
and we … The authors thank the primary care physicians who participated in the present study. …

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea: a population health perspective

T Young, PE Peppard, DJ Gottlieb - … of respiratory and critical care …, 2002 - atsjournals.org
… Data suggest that obstructive sleep apnea is associated with … Primary care providers will
be central to clinical approaches … for mild obstructive sleep apnea warrants high priority. …

Clinical guideline for the evaluation, management and long-term care of obstructive sleep apnea in adults

Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Task Force of … - … of clinical sleep …, 2009 - jcsm.aasm.org
care of adult patients with OSA. This guideline is meant to assist primary care providers
as well as sleep medicine specialists, surgeons, and dentists who care for patients with OSA. …

The medical cost of undiagnosed sleep apnea

V Kapur, DK Blough, RE Sandblom, R Hert… - Sleep, 1999 - academic.oup.com
… GHC is a staff model HMO in western Washington State that provides the full spectrum of
primary care and specialty services through its own salaried professional staff. The enrollee …

Obstructive sleep apnea: preoperative screening and postoperative care

RM Wolfe, J Pomerantz, DE Miller… - The Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Board Family Med
Primary care physicians screening a pediatric population should ask about snoring and can
Primary care physicians who identify patients at high risk of OSA based on their history and …

Screening for obstructive sleep apnea in adults: US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement

K Bibbins-Domingo, DC Grossman, SJ Curry… - Jama, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
… Most primary care clinicians do not routinely screen for OSA. According to a practice-based …
only 20% of patients with sleep-related symptoms who regularly visit a primary care clinician …

Undiagnosed risk of obstructive sleep apnea in obese individuals in a primary health care context

JP Ribeiro, A Araújo, C Vieira… - Acta medica …, 2020 - actamedicaportuguesa.com
… of a Portuguese version as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in primary
care. … Screening and assessment for obstructive sleep apnea in primary care. Sleep Med Rev. …