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Sleep apnea and its role in transportation safety

Maria R. Bonsignore

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medicine.medical_specialtyObstructive Sleep Apneamedicine.medical_treatmentTransportation safetyExcessive daytime sleepinessReviewSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioGeneral Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biologylaw.invention03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinelawCPAPAnesthesiologyDriving accidentmedicineContinuous positive airway pressureGeneral Pharmacology Toxicology and PharmaceuticsOpen peer reviewGeneral Immunology and Microbiologydriving accidentsSleep apneaArticlesGeneral MedicineSleep disordersmedicine.diseaserespiratory tract diseasesObstructive sleep apnea030228 respiratory systemEmergency medicineVentilation (architecture)medicine.symptom030217 neurology & neurosurgery

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a main cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and increases the risk for driving accidents, which can be normalized by treatment with continuous positive airway pressure ventilation. Since it is estimated that OSA is not diagnosed in about 80% of cases, recognition of patients at risk for driving accidents is a problem from both medical and societal points of view. Strategies to screen and identify subjects at high risk for driving accidents are under study in order to improve safety on the road, especially for commercial drivers, who show a high prevalence of OSA.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-12-13
10.12688/f1000research.12599.1http://hdl.handle.net/10447/415044