Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Increases the Risk of Motor Vehicle Crash in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Author(s) -
Kim Ward,
David R. Hillman,
Anthony James,
Alexandra Bremner,
Laila Simpson,
Matthew N. Cooper,
Lyle J. Palmer,
Annette C. Fedson,
Sutapa Mukherjee
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3072
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , excessive daytime sleepiness , motor vehicle crash , incidence (geometry) , sleep (system call) , sleep apnea , apnea , physical therapy , anesthesia , physical medicine and rehabilitation , emergency medicine , poison control , sleep disorder , injury prevention , psychiatry , insomnia , computer science , operating system , physics , optics
(1) To describe the incidence rate of motor vehicle crashes (MVCs) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA); and (2) to investigate MVC risk factors in OSA patients.
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