2024
Age modulates the predictive value of self-reported sleepiness for all-cause mortality risk: insights from a comprehensive national database of veterans.
Maghsoudi A, Azarian M, Sharafkhaneh A, Jones M, Nozari H, Kryger M, Ramezani A, Razjouyan J. Age modulates the predictive value of self-reported sleepiness for all-cause mortality risk: insights from a comprehensive national database of veterans. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2024, 20: 1785-1792. PMID: 38935061, PMCID: PMC11530978, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.11254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchExcessive daytime sleepinessEpworth Sleepiness ScaleCharlson Comorbidity IndexVeterans Health Administration dataHigher Epworth sleepiness scaleHealth administrative dataPhysician progress notesMeasure excessive daytime sleepinessIncreased all-cause mortalityAge-stratified analysesAll-cause mortalityComprehensive national databaseMean BMIProgress notesICD9/10 codesAdministrative dataComorbidity indexDaytime sleepinessOdds ratioMortality riskSleep servicesSleepiness ScaleSelf-reported sleepinessHigher ESSPredictive value
2002
Cardiovascular medication use in patients with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea
Otake K, Delaive K, Walld R, Manfreda J, Kryger M. Cardiovascular medication use in patients with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea. Thorax 2002, 57: 417. PMID: 11978918, PMCID: PMC1746332, DOI: 10.1136/thorax.57.5.417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMore daily dosesCardiovascular diseaseSystemic hypertensionMedication usePrescribed medicationsDaily dosesMore prescriptionsOdds ratioSleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndromeUndiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoeaObstructive sleep apnoeaCardiovascular medication useCongestive heart failureUse of medicationsGeneral population controlsOSAS casesMore medicationsSecondary preventionAngina pectorisHeart failureSleep apnoeaMedication costsSuch medicationsMyocardial infarctionOSAS diagnosis