Employer-Mandated Sleep Apnea Screening and Diagnosis in Commercial Drivers
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Occupational screening for obstructive sleep apnea in commercial drivers.
Excluding the presence of obstructive sleep apnea in commercial drivers is valuable, as the syndrome may increase their risk of sleepiness-related accidents. Using polysomnography as the criterion standard, we prospectively compared accuracies of five strategies in excluding the presence of severe sleep apnea and, secondarily, any sleep apnea among 406 commercial drivers. These strategies were ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1076-2752
DOI: 10.1097/jom.0b013e3182572e16