Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Adults: A Brief Review of Existing Data for Practice in Iran

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with major comorbidities. It is estimated that 5–35% of the adult population in Iran are at high risk for OSA. This review article is designed to assist sleep medicine specialists as well as general practitioners in Iran to screen for OSA...

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Autores principales: Foroughi, Moein, Razavi, Hossein, Malekmohammad, Majid, Adimi Naghan, Parisa, Jamaati, Hamidreza
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Publicado: National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5127617/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27904537
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description Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with major comorbidities. It is estimated that 5–35% of the adult population in Iran are at high risk for OSA. This review article is designed to assist sleep medicine specialists as well as general practitioners in Iran to screen for OSA. It summarizes empirical data for diagnosing OSA including history taking, physical examination, diagnostic testing, and diagnostic criteria with regards to existing sleep medicine centers and availability of diagnostic tests in Iran.
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spelling pubmed-51276172016-11-30 Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Adults: A Brief Review of Existing Data for Practice in Iran Foroughi, Moein Razavi, Hossein Malekmohammad, Majid Adimi Naghan, Parisa Jamaati, Hamidreza Tanaffos Review Article Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common disorder associated with major comorbidities. It is estimated that 5–35% of the adult population in Iran are at high risk for OSA. This review article is designed to assist sleep medicine specialists as well as general practitioners in Iran to screen for OSA. It summarizes empirical data for diagnosing OSA including history taking, physical examination, diagnostic testing, and diagnostic criteria with regards to existing sleep medicine centers and availability of diagnostic tests in Iran. National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5127617/ /pubmed/27904537 Text en Copyright© 2016 National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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