Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a pervasive disorder with an incidence
estimated at 5–14 percent among adults aged 30–70 years. It carries significant morbidity …

Regrettably, a large proportion of likely patients with sleep apnea are underdiagnosed.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is one of the main causes of hypertension, type II diabetes …

Background: Sleep apnea is a prevalent sleep disorder, especially in males and older ages.
The common diagnostic methods, including polysomnography (PSG), are expensive, difficult …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common, chronic, sleep-related breathing disorder
characterized by partial or complete airway obstruction in sleep. The gold standard …

As the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) increases worldwide, the
need for a new screening method that can compensate for the shortcomings of the …

Objectives: To evaluate the role of clinical scores assessing the risk of disease severity in
patients with clinical suspicion of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). The hypothesis …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a heterogeneous disease with many physiological
implications. OSA is associated with a great diversity of diseases, with which it shares …

Background American Academy of Sleep Medicine guidelines suggest that clinical
prediction algorithms can be used to screen patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) …

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome has become an important public health
concern. Polysomnography is traditionally considered an established and effective …

Background Recently, artificial neural networks (ANNs) have been widely applied in
science, engineering, and medicine. In the present study, we evaluated the ability of artificial …