Severity of Desaturations Reflects OSA-Related Daytime Sleepiness Better Than AHI.
Kainulainen S, Töyräs J, Oksenberg A, Korkalainen H, Sefa S, Kulkas A, Leppänen T.
Kainulainen S, et al.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Aug 15;15(8):1135-1142. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.7806.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2019.
PMID: 31482835
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CONCLUSIONS: Severity of sleep-related breathing cessations and desaturations is a stronger contributor to daytime sleepiness than AHI or ODI and therefore should be included in the diagnostics and severity assessment of OSA. CITATION: Kainulainen S, Toyras J, Oksen …
CONCLUSIONS: Severity of sleep-related breathing cessations and desaturations is a stronger contributor to daytime sleepiness than AHI or OD …