Epidemiological definition of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

JL Racineux - Revue Neurologique, 2003 - europepmc.org
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is currently a clinically defined syndrome
associating somnolence and on or two of the following symptoms: severe snoring, nocturnal …

Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome.

W De Backer - Panminerva medica, 2013 - europepmc.org
Obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS) is characterized by recurrent
episodes of partial or complete upper airway collapse during sleep that is highlighted by a …

Prevalence of symptoms of sleep apnea syndrome. Study of a French middle-aged population

N Meslier, B Balkau, F Gagnadoux… - Revue des maladies …, 2007 - europepmc.org
Objective To study the prevalence of symptoms of sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS) in a large
French middle-aged population and to establish what proportion have symptoms that justify …

Predictive value of clinical features for the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

PC Deegan, WT McNicholas - European Respiratory Journal, 1996 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The advantage of being a National Referral Centre for patients with suspected obstructive
sleep apnoea (OSA) was used to seek clinical factors predictive of OSA, and thus determine …

Can obstructive sleep apnea syndrome be predicted based on anamnesis and clinical examination findings?

R Stacchi, M Weiss, O Brändli - Praxis, 1995 - europepmc.org
The objective of this retrospective study was to determine the predictive value of a
selfadministered questionnaire together with physical and laboratory examinations in …

Epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

M Partinen - Current opinion in pulmonary medicine, 1995 - journals.lww.com
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is the most common organic sleep disorder resulting in
excessive daytime somnolence. It is almost as common as asthma. According to recent …

Predictive value of clinical features in diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea

V Hoffstein, JP Szalai - Sleep, 1993 - academic.oup.com
We examined the predictive value of history and physical examination in the diagnosis of
obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome. This was achieved by studying a set of 594 …

Obstructive sleep apnea: a sleep disorder with major effects on health

R Cartwright - Disease-a-Month, 2001 - Elsevier
Sleep apnea of the obstructive type is now recognized to be a highly prevalent breathing
disorder of sleep. Because it is normal for respiration to slow down at the transition from …

Epidemiology of snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea in a Danish population, age 30–60

P JENNUM, A SJØL - Journal of sleep research, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
Several epidemiological studies have estimated the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea
syndrome (OSAS). As many of those suffering from sleep apnoea may be asymptomatic, the …

Obstructive sleep apnea: diagnosis, risk factors, and pathophysiology

G Pillar, P Lavie - Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2011 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is a disorder characterized by
repetitive episodes of upper-airway obstruction that occur during sleep, usually associated …