Are History and Physical Examination a Good Screening Test for Sleep Apnea?
Annals of Internal MedicinePublished 1 September 1991
Sidney Viner, John Paul Szalai, V. Hoffstein
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In patients with a high predicted probability of the sleep apnea syndrome, subjective impression alone or any combination of clinical features cannot serve as a reliable screening test, and the model based on clinical data was sufficiently sensitive to permit about a 30% reduction in the number of unnecessary sleep studies.
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In patients with a high predicted probability of the sleep apnea syndrome, subjective impression alone or any combination of clinical features cannot serve as a reliable screening test. However, in patients with a low predicted probability of sleep apnea, the model based on clinical data was sufficiently sensitive to permit about a 30% reduction in the number of unnecessary sleep studies.
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