SAS score: Targeting high-specificity for efficient population-wide monitoring of obstructive sleep apnea.

PROPOSAL:This paper investigates a novel screening tool for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS), which aims at efficient population-wide monitoring. To this end, we introduce SASscore which provides better OSAS prediction specificity while maintaining a high sensitivity. METHODS:We process a coh...

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Main Authors: Alexandru Topîrceanu, Mihai Udrescu, Lucreţia Udrescu, Carmen Ardelean, Rodica Dan, Daniela Reisz, Stefan Mihaicuta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6124708?pdf=render