Prevalence of and risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in Brazilian railroad workers

RG Koyama, AM Esteves, LO e Silva, FS Lira… - Sleep medicine, 2012 - Elsevier
… a sample of 745 railroad workers employed by a railroad company in Brazil who were
evaluated between January 2008 and November 2010. All of the railroad workers in the sample …

[PDF][PDF] Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in a railroad controller worker

A Rascu, L Moise, E Naghi, A Rascu… - Romanian Journal of …, 2015 - sciendo.com
… due to falling asleep at the wheel. Here below we are presenting the case of a 49 years
old patient, railroad controller worker, with typical picture of Sleep Apnea Syndrome, which …

Risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea among train drivers

M Saraei, A Najafi, E Heidarbagi - Work, 2020 - content.iospress.com
… This study aimed to assess major known risk factors of sleep apnea among railroad workers
sleep apnea. BANG and P-BANG scores were calculated for estimating risk of sleep apnea

Fatal consequences: obstructive sleep apnea in a train engineer

MP McKay - The Annals of Family Medicine, 2015 - Annals Family Med
… triennial health evaluations of railroad engineers and … railroad employees in positions where
impairment in physical or cognitive functioning by medical conditions, including sleep apnea

Impact of rail medical standard on obstructive sleep apnoea prevalence

CP Colquhoun, A Casolin - Occupational medicine, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… the impact of the new standard on the estimated prevalence of OSA in railway workers. …
This study found that 91% of workers referred for a sleep study on the basis of clinical risk factors …

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) in train drivers

M Hack, E Grimes, T Davies, J Shelton - People and Rail Systems, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
… There are no published data on the medical condition of OSAS in railway employees. However
in 2003 a report of a collision between two trains in USA investigated whether OSAS was …

Occupation and obstructive sleep apnea: a meta-analysis

DA Schwartz, D Vinnikov, PD Blanc - Journal of occupational and …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
… solvents and assessment for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Risk measurements
included … sleep apnea syndrome in Brazilian railroad workers. Sleep Med 2012; 13:1028–1032. …

Obstructive sleep apnea screening, diagnosis, and treatment in the transportation industry

AM Das, JL Chang, M Berneking… - … of clinical sleep …, 2022 - jcsm.aasm.org
… The Federal Railroad Administration has indicated that rulemaking addressing fatigue risk
management would be an appropriate way to address OSA in railroad workers. The Federal …

Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in truck drivers

LC Lemos, EC Marqueze, F Sachi… - Jornal Brasileiro de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
… professional drivers is obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)… (3,5) Recently, the prevalence
in railway engine drivers was … In the present study, formal employment, in which workers

Safety incidents and obstructive sleep apnoea in railway workers

M Abeyaratne, A Casolin, G Luscombe - Occupational medicine, 2023 - academic.oup.com
… A retrospective medical file audit was conducted on railway workers attending health
assessments between 2016 and 2018, who met the criteria to be referred for sleep studies. The …