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ArticleJournal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2020

Why do we sometimes ignore the chief complaint in patients evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea?

Atul Malhotra, Brandon Nokes, Pamela DeYoung, Robert Owens

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Article in Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Obstructive sleep apnea illness perception relative to other common chronic conditions.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025
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  5. Patient-Defined Goals for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2022
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  6. The Baby, the Bathwater, and the Polysomnogram.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Atul MalhotraPulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Brandon NokesPulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Pamela DeYoungPulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Robert OwensPulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.

Funding

Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea Important in the Development of Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG063925 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALHOTRA, ATUL · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
Single Motor Unit Genioglossus Recordings to Understand Sleep Apnea PathogenesisR01HL085188 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALHOTRA, ATUL · 2008 to 2018
$3.5M
Underlying mechanisms of obesity-induced obstructive sleep apneaR01HL148436 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Atul Malhotra · 2020 to 2026
$3.4M
Training in the Next Generation in Respiratory ScienceT32HL134632 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALHOTRA, ATUL, POWELL, FRANK L. · 2017 to 2021
$2.1M
Assessment of Upper Airway Mechanics Using Newer Electromyographic TechniquesK24HL132105 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALHOTRA, ATUL · 2016 to 2020
$611k
NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL132105NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085188NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148436NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL134632NIA NIH HHS R01 AG063925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Sleep Apnea, ObstructiveHumansSnoring

Identifiers

PMID32022681
PMCPMC7161465

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