[HTML][HTML] Obstructive sleep apnea: epidemiology and portuguese patients profile

AP Rodrigues, P Pinto, B Nunes, C Bárbara - Revista Portuguesa de …, 2017 - Elsevier
… to working out the burden of this disease on the Portuguese population. Our research found
a low prevalence of OSA within the Portuguese population aged 25 years and more, which …

Adaptation of the sleep apnea quality of life index (SAQLI) to Portuguese obstructive sleep apnea syndrome patients

RS Sampaio, MG Pereira, JC Winck - Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia …, 2012 - Elsevier
… demonstrated that the Portuguese version of SAQLI to be psychometrically valid and
applicable for evaluate the impact of sleep apnea and CPAP treatment in Portuguese patients. …

Compliance to continuous positive airway pressure therapy in a group of Portuguese patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

C Alves, JMPC Caminha, AM da Silva… - Sleep and Breathing, 2012 - Springer
… studies conducted to study CPAP compliance, the variability … CPAP compliance in Portugal
justified the present study. This study aimed to study long-term CPAP compliance in patients

Validation of a Portuguese version of the STOP-Bang questionnaire as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea: Analysis in a sleep clinic

R Reis, F Teixeira, V Martins, L Sousa, L Batata… - Revista Portuguesa de …, 2015 - Elsevier
patients suspected of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) being referred for sleep consultation.
The … -Bang questionnaire has been validated as a screening tool for OSA in surgical patients. …

STOP-Bang questionnaire: the validation of a Portuguese version as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in primary care

A Rebelo-Marques, C Vicente, B Valentim… - Sleep and …, 2018 - Springer
… The growing number of suspected patients diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
that are observed in sleep units has increased in the last decade. Therefore, screening …

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 the Portuguese population,19 … Portuguese population, both in the sleep clinic and in
PHC. This risk assessment tool demonstrated a high performance in the stratification of patients

[HTML][HTML] Application of the Portuguese version of the Obstructive Sleep Apnea-18 survey to children

FMVS Fernandes, RCVV Teles - Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013 - Elsevier
… Our protocol for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome 10 includes systematic interviews in
which caregivers are asked about the nocturnal signs and symptoms related to obstructive …

[PDF][PDF] Co-morbidities and sleep apnoea severity. A study in a cohort of Portuguese patients

L Silva, D Cunha, J Lopes, J Ramalheira, M Freire… - Rev …, 2016 - researchgate.net
… patients, recruited in a sleep outpatient clinic from the Northern of Portugal, stratified as a …
A review of genetic association studies of obstructive sleep apnea: field synopsis and meta-…

Predicting obstructive sleep apnea in patients with insomnia: a comparative study with four screening instruments

RLM Duarte, FJ Magalhães-da-Silveira… - Lung, 2019 - Springer
… Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and insomnia are very prevalent disorders, especially in
sleep-lab … Here, we aimed to validate No-Apnea as screening tool for OSA in patients with self-…

[HTML][HTML] Death and disability in patients with sleep apnea-a meta-analysis

MIP Fonseca, T Pereira, P Caseiro - Arquivos Brasileiros de …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
… death during sleep is nocturnal hypoxia 5 5 Sahlin C, Sandberg O, Gustafson Y, Bucht G,
Carlberg B, Stenlund H, et al. Obstructive sleep apnea is a risk factor for death in patients with …