[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of positional obstructive sleep apnoea in a sample of the Saudi population

SO Wali, I AlQassas, S Qanash, H Mufti… - Journal of Epidemiology …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Positional obstructive sleep apnoea (POSA) is of important clinical significance, as
positional treatment can augment or obviate continuous positive airway pressure. This study …

Comparing the diagnostic value of the positional obstructive sleep apnea definitions

K Al Oweidat, AA Toubasi, ALI Montaha… - Respiratory …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several definitions were proposed to diagnose Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea (pOSA).
However, the comparison between these definitions according to their diagnostic value is …

Prevalence of positional obstructive sleep apnea and patients characteristics using various definitions

RR Laub, KL Mikkelsen, P Tønnesen - 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Background: Sleep apnea mainly in supine position-positional obstructive sleep apnea
(POSA)–allows other treatment modalities than continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Impact of Positional Sleep Apnea in a Turkish Population: Unveiling the Untold Story

MO Akbay, CG Gurkan, AE Ak… - Medical Science Monitor …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This retrospective study aimed to evaluate the demographic, clinical, and
polysomnographic findings in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and to identify …

Polysomnographic and Clinical Features of Positional and Non-positional Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Turkish Adult Population: Experience from a Single Institution

S Aksoy, OC Cil - Sleep and Vigilance, 2023 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the study is to determine prevalence of positional obstructive sleep
apnea (POSA) and non-POSA among obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) cases …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing the characteristics of positional and nonpositional sleep apnea patients among the Jordanian population

K Al Oweidat, AA Toubasi, AS Albtoosh… - Annals of Thoracic …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common cause of sleep-disordered
breathing with a large proportion of the patients exhibiting positional OSA (POSA). In this …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, characteristics, and respiratory arousal threshold of positional obstructive sleep apnea in China: a large scale study from Shanghai Sleep Health …

W Huang, X Wang, C Xu, H Xu, H Zhu, S Liu, J Zou… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the prevalence, characteristics, and respiratory arousal threshold
(ArTH) of Chinese patients with positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) according to the …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of a clinical classification system on the management of patients with positional dependent obstructive sleep apnoea

SE Schiza, C Mermigkis, I Bouloukaki - Sleep and Breathing, 2015 - Springer
Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a common disease with significant morbidity,
which treatment depends in part on the severity of the disease. The incidence of …

Prevalence and characteristics of positional obstructive sleep apnea (POSA) in patients with severe OSA

A Oksenberg, N Gadoth, J Töyräs, T Leppänen - Sleep and Breathing, 2020 - Springer
Purpose We assessed the prevalence of positional patients (PPs) and the main predictors of
positional dependency in severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). A simulated effect of …

Amsterdam positional OSA classification: the AASM 2012 recommended hypopnoea criteria increases the number of positional therapy candidates

B Duce, A Kulkas, C Langton, J Töyräs, C Hukins - Sleep and Breathing, 2017 - Springer
Purpose This study examined the effect of hypopnoea criteria on the prevalence of
positional obstructive sleep apnoea (pOSA) identified under the Amsterdam Positional OSA …