Open AccessDiagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in women: Is there any difference?- Experience from a tertiary care hospital of North India
Author(s) -
Zia Hashim,
Alok Nath,
Mansi Gupta,
Ajmal Khan,
Ravi Mishra,
Shivani Srivastava,
S. K. Tripathi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_609_19
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , context (archaeology) , continuous positive airway pressure , polysomnography , physical therapy , univariate analysis , sleep apnea , epworth sleepiness scale , apnea , apnea–hypopnea index , insomnia , pediatrics , multivariate analysis , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) considered classically to be a male-dominant disease, may have significant gender-based differences in clinical presentation and diagnosis.