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Review series
Sleep • 3: Clinical presentation and diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome
  1. D Schlosshan,
  2. M W Elliott
  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr M W Elliott
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK; mark.elliottlineone.net

Abstract

Patients with OSAHS may present to a sleep clinic or to other specialists with symptoms that are not immediately attributable to the condition. The diagnostic methods available are reviewed.

  • sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome
  • diagnosis
  • clinical presentation
  • AHI, apnoea/hypopnoea index
  • EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness
  • ESS, Epworth sleepiness scale
  • MSLT, multiple sleep latency test
  • MWT, maintenance of wakefulness test
  • ODI, oxygen desaturation index
  • OSAHS, obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome
  • PSG, polysomnography
  • RIP, respiratory inductance plethysmography
  • SDB, sleep disordered breathing

https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.2003.007179

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