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
2014
A Matched Cohort Study of Postoperative Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Mutter TC, Chateau D, Moffatt M, Ramsey C, Roos LL, Kryger M. A Matched Cohort Study of Postoperative Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Anesthesiology 2014, 121: 707-718. PMID: 25247853, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000000407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsContinuous positive airway pressure therapyPositive airway pressure therapyObstructive sleep apneaAirway pressure therapySleep apneaPressure therapyOSA patientsCardiovascular complicationsPostoperative outcomesDiagnosis of OSAUndiagnosed obstructive sleep apneaAdult OSA patientsImportant risk modifiersPostoperative cardiovascular complicationsMatched Cohort StudyHealth administrative dataType of surgeryLarger efficacy trialPostoperative complicationsRespiratory complicationsCohort studyOSA severityPostoperative dayPreoperative diagnosisCardiac arrest