Metrics of sleep apnea severity: beyond the apnea-hypopnea index

A Malhotra, I Ayappa, N Ayas, N Collop, D Kirsch… - Sleep, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is thought to affect almost 1 billion people worldwide. OSA
has well established cardiovascular and neurocognitive sequelae, although the optimal …

Treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea with positive airway pressure: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE …

SP Patil, IA Ayappa, SM Caples, RJ Kimoff… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - jcsm.aasm.org
Introduction: The purpose of this systematic review is to provide supporting evidence for the
clinical practice guideline for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults using …

Clinical practice guideline for diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline

VK Kapur, DH Auckley, S Chowdhuri… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - jcsm.aasm.org
Introduction: This guideline establishes clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis
of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults and is intended for use in conjunction with other …

Evaluation and management of adults with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome

JJ Lee, KM Sundar - Lung, 2021 - Springer
Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is a common and underdiagnosed medical
condition characterized by recurrent sleep-dependent pauses and reductions in airflow …

Adult obstructive sleep apnoea

AS Jordan, DG McSharry, A Malhotra - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Obstructive sleep apnoea is an increasingly common disorder of repeated upper airway
collapse during sleep, leading to oxygen desaturation and disrupted sleep. Features include …

International consensus statement on obstructive sleep apnea

JL Chang, AN Goldberg, JA Alt… - International forum of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Evaluation and interpretation of the literature on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
allows for consolidation and determination of the key factors important for clinical …

Secondary hypertension: discovering the underlying cause

L Charles, J Triscott, B Dobbs - American family physician, 2017 - aafp.org
Most patients with hypertension have no clear etiology and are classified as having primary
hypertension. However, 5% to 10% of these patients may have secondary hypertension …

Clinical guidelines for the use of unattended portable monitors in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients

NA Collop, WMD Anderson, B Boehlecke… - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Based on a review of literature and consensus, the Portable Monitoring Task Force of the
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) makes the following recommendations …

Obstructive sleep apnea devices for out-of-center (OOC) testing: technology evaluation

NA Collop, SL Tracy, V Kapur, R Mehra… - Journal of Clinical …, 2011 - jcsm.aasm.org
Guidance is needed to help clinicians decide which out-of-center (OOC) testing devices are
appropriate for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A new classification system that …

Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults

CR Laratta, NT Ayas, M Povitz, SR Pendharkar - Cmaj, 2017 - Can Med Assoc
We conducted a structured literature search of MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database of
Systematic Reviews for “obstructive sleep apnea” or “sleep apnea,” in addition to targeted …