… Sleep disordered breathing is a spectrum of diseases that includes snoring, upper airway …
, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder and …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly prevalent, affecting 34% of men and 17% of women.
1 Individuals with OSA experience recurrent cardiometabolic stress when repetitively …

… No study directly compared screening with no screening. Screening accuracy of the
Multivariable Apnea Prediction score followed by unattended home sleep testing for detecting …

… Many adverse health outcomes are associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)… screening
with no screening. In 2 studies (n = 702), the screening accuracy of the multivariable apnea …

… clinical screening tests for obstructive sleep apnea and … measures of missed diagnosis with
each screening test in this review. … validation studies of the same screening test is variable, …

… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep-related breathing disorder and
contributes to increased morbidity and compromised cardiovascular outcomes. Sleep …

… On the other hand, excluding any apnea could not be done with reasonable accuracy unless
… two-stage screening is likely to be a viable means of excluding severe sleep apnea among …

Importance Based on data from the 1990s, estimated prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea
(OSA) in the United States is 10% for mild OSA and 3.8% to 6.5% for moderate to severe …

… an OSA screening tool, it is possible that the modest specificity (43% to detect moderate to
severe sleep apnea) will … This, in turn, could result in unnecessary referral to sleep clinics for …

… Obstructive sleep apnea is independently associated with an increased likelihood of …
screening instrument for obstructive sleep apnea in a disease-specific population. Sleep …