The Calgary Sleep Apnea Quality of Life Index (SAQLI) was developed to record key elements
of the disease that are important to patients. All items felt to influence the quality of life of …

Sleep apnea is a common disorder that affects both children and adults. It is characterized by
periods of breathing cessation (apnea) and periods of reduced breathing (hypopnea). Both …

BACKGROUND Brief periods of breathing cessation (apneas) or marked reduction in V t (hypopneas)
are common in adults during sleep. Prospective studies indicate that sleep apnea …

Nocturnal polysomnography, the standard diagnostic test for sleep apnea, is an expensive
and limited resource. In order to help identify the urgency of need for treatment, we …

A 43-year-old man presents with heavy snoring; his bed partner reports that he sometimes
stops breathing while he sleeps. He has hypertension controlled by medication but is …

Quality of life is a major outcome variable in choosing and evaluating treatment alternatives
for sleep disorders. However, the number of well validated and sufficiently responsive quality …

BACKGROUND The gold standard diagnostic test for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is
overnight polysomnography (PSG) which is costly in terms of time and money. Consequently, a …

Sleep-disordered breathing occurs in approximately 2% to 4% of the adult population and
includes conditions in which patients stop breathing completely (apnea) or have marked …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is traditionally diagnosed using overnight polysomnography.
Decision rules may provide an alternative to polysomnography. A consecutive series of …

To determine if there was a relationship between cardiac arrhyhmias and sleep apnea, we
studied the prevalence of arrhythmias in a consecutive series of patients referred to our clinic …