L Bennett, J Stradling, R Davies - Journal of sleep research, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Daytime sleepiness is an important symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). The standard tests for its objective quantification use EEG recordings, and are time …
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is a frequent symptom of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA). EDS is a high‐risk factor for accidents at work and on the road. Thirty …
RN Kingshott, HM Engleman, IJ Deary… - European Respiratory …, 1998 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Patients with the sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS) have impaired daytime function with demonstrable sleepiness and impaired cognition. The hypothesis that brief …
H Engleman, D Joffe - Sleep Medicine Reviews, 1999 - Elsevier
Patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) experience neuropsychological deficits falling broadly into the four areas of daytime sleepiness, cognitive deficits, reduced driving …
The characteristics of residual excessive sleepiness (RES), defined by an Epworth score> 10 in adequately treated apnoeic patients, are unknown. 40 apnoeic patients, with (n= 20) …
The traditional diagnosis of sleep apnoea syndrome has been based on a particular apnoea frequency during sleep, and was originally set at≥ 5 apnoeas· h-1 of sleep during the 1970s …
The aim was to assess the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) as defined by an apnoea–hypopnea index (AHI)≥ 15 in the middle-aged general population, and the …
Although daytime sleepiness is commonly associated with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), the relationship between OSA severity and subjective sleepiness has been documented …
E Sforza, J Krieger - Journal of the neurological sciences, 1992 - Elsevier
A modified maintenance of wakefulness test was performed in 58 patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome before treatment and after long-term (554±28 days) home …