Rev Electron Biomed / Electron J Biomed 2006;1:76-87 Alonso Álvarez et al. SAHS: HOME DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Recent studies associate SAHS with higher cardiovascular morbidity-mortality and we know that even today SAHS continues to be under-diagnosed. This under-diagnosis, signifies, on the one hand, a lowering or loss of health, and on the other, an increase in costs, since it has been demonstrated that patients with undiagnosed or untreated SAHS are higher consumers of health service resources and have higher work absenteeism, while these costs are reduced in SAHS patients treated with CPAP. Therefore, we find ourselves faced with the need to diagnose and suitably treat the largest possible number of patients who suffer from SAHS.