background and objective: obstructive sleep apnea (osa) is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing. multivariable apnea prediction (map) index consists of three questions about the frequency of osa symptoms plus body mass index (bmi), age and sex that categorizes the patients to low and high risk for osa using a formula. objective map index was calculated by discounting the questions...

Background: It has been implicated that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease including stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease (CAD) and hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between OSA and severity of atherosclerosis assessed by angiography. Methods: This study included 337 patients ...

OBJECTIVES Whether gender differences exist in clinical manifestations of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and whether women's responses to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) are similar to those of men are critical areas of exploration in sleep disordered breathing. This exploratory analysis addressed these questions by examining gender differences over a wide range of clinical outcomes a...

BACKGROUND Patients with obstructive sleep apnea are at risk for perioperative morbidity. The authors used a screening prediction model for obstructive sleep apnea to generate a sleep apnea clinical score (SACS) that identified patients at high or low risk for obstructive sleep apnea. This was combined with postanesthesia care unit (PACU) monitoring with the aim of identifying patients at high ...

Background and Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common type of sleep-disordered breathing. Multivariable apnea prediction (MAP) index consists of three questions about the frequency of OSA symptoms plus body mass index (BMI), age and sex that categorizes the patients to low and high risk for OSA using a formula. Objective MAP index was calculated by discounting the questions...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To develop a clinical risk prediction model that identifies children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in a clinical setting by examining the symptoms, physical status, and OSA-18 questionnaire results. DESIGN Single institutional, cross-sectional study. METHODS Children aged 2 to 18 years with symptoms of OSA were enrolled. Pediatric OSA was diagnosed through full-ni...

Abstract Introduction The Multivariable Apnea Prediction (MAP) index is a commonly used screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Previous analyses have demonstrated higher sensitivity of the MAP in predicting OSA men versus women and post-menopausal pre-menopausal with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) an apnea-hypopnea (AHI) ≥10. purpose this secondary analysis was to validate previous findings ...

OBJECTIVE To test a prediction model for sleep apnea based on clinical and sociodemographic variables in a population suspected of having sleep disorders and submitted to polysomnography. METHODS We included 323 consecutive patients submitted to polysomnography because of the clinical suspicion of having sleep disorders. We used a questionnaire with sociodemographic questions and the Epworth ...