Determinants of Sleepiness at Wheel and Missing Accidents in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Determinants of Sleepiness at Wheel and Missing Accidents in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Study ObjectivesMotor-vehicle crashes are frequent in untreated OSA patients but there is still uncertainty on prevalence as well as physiological or clinical determinants of sleepiness at the wheel (SW) in OSA patients. We assessed determinants of SW or sleepiness related near-miss car accident (NM...

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Main Authors: Francesco Fanfulla, Gian Domenico Pinna, Oreste Marrone, Nadia D’Artavilla Lupo, Simona Arcovio, Maria R. Bonsignore, Elisa Morrone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
sleep apnea
OSA
excessive daytime sleepiness
sleepiness at wheel
COPD
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.656203/full

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