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Obstructive sleep apnea screening with a 4-item instrument, named GOAL question...
Duarte, Ricardo L.M.; Magalhães-Da-silveira, Flavio J.; Oliveira-E-sá, Tiago S.; Silva, Joana A.; Mello, Fernanda C.Q.; Gozal, DavidBackground: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a very prevalent disorder. Here, we aimed to develop and validate a practical questionnaire with yes-or-no answers, and to compare its performance with other well-validated instruments: No-Apnea, STOP-Bang, and NoSAS. Methods: A cross-sectional study containing consecutively selected sleep-lab subjects underwent full polysomnography. A 4-item model, named GOAL questi...
Perception of sleep duration in adult patients with suspected obstructive sleep...
Duarte, Ricardo L.M.; Mendes, Bruno A.; Oliveira-E-Sá, Tiago S.; Magalhães-da-Silveira, Flavio J.; Gozal, DavidPURPOSE: Discrepancies between subjective and objective measures of total sleep time (TST) are frequent among insomnia patients, but this issue remains scarcely investigated in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). We aimed to evaluate if sleep perception is affected by the severity of OSA. METHODS: We performed a 3-month cross-sectional study of Brazilian adults undergoing overnight polysomnography (PSG). TST was obj...
Triagem de apneia obstrutiva do sono através do escore No-Apnea em indivíduos a...
Duarte, Ricardo Luiz de Menezes; da Silveira, Flavio José Magalhães; E Sá, Tiago Soares de Oliveira; Rabahi, Marcelo FouadObjective: To evaluate the performance of the No-Apnea score, a simplified screening instrument for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), by gender. Methods: This was a crosssectional study including adults undergoing full polysomnography. The No-Apnea model comprises two items (neck circumference and age) with a total score of 0 to 9. The severity of OSA was categorized, on the basis of the apnea-hypopnea index, as a...