Abstract
In patients with a high predicted probability of the sleep apnea syndrome, subjective impression alone or any combination of clinical features cannot serve as a reliable screening test. However, in patients with a low predicted probability of sleep apnea, the model based on clinical data was sufficiently sensitive to permit about a 30% reduction in the number of unnecessary sleep studies.
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MedicinePolysomnographySleep apneaApneaPhysical examinationBody mass indexLogistic regressionObstructive sleep apneaSleep studyApnea–hypopnea indexMedical historyPhysical therapyInternal medicine
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- 115
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- 356-359
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Sidney Viner,
John Paul Szalai,
V. Hoffstein
(1991).
Are History and Physical Examination a Good Screening Test for Sleep Apnea?.
Annals of Internal Medicine
, 115
(5)
, 356-359.
https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-115-5-356
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- 10.7326/0003-4819-115-5-356