ArticleAnnals of thoracic medicine
The correlation between oxygen saturation indices and the standard obstructive sleep apnea severity.
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- Obstructive sleep apnea and polysomnographic predictors of neuropsychological performance two years after injury in a prospective cohort of adults with traumatic brain injury.The Clinical neuropsychologist · 2025Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Type 2 Diabetes: An Update.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Xylazine exacerbates fentanyl-induced respiratory depression and bradycardia.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2025Article
- Serum Ang 1, Ang 1-7, and Mas levels as potential biomarkers in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.Biomarkers in medicine · 2025Article
- Methylation risk score of C-reactive protein associates sleep health with related health outcomes.Communications biology · 2025Article
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- OSApredictor: A tool for prediction of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea using readily available patient characteristics.Computers in biology and medicine · 2024Article
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- Is there an OAHI or OSleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Evaluating Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Risk Factors.Nature and science of sleep · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveCurrently accepted guidelines categorize obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) severity according to the Apnea-Hypopnea Index (AHI). However, it is unclear how to best define OSA severity. The present study sought to evaluate the concurrent validity of the widely accepted AHI by correlating it with various oxygen saturation (SpO
methodsThe study utilized the data of a previous survey concerning the prevalence of OSA among a middle-aged Saudi population (
resultsThe study found that there were correlations between the standard OSA severity based on AHI severity classification and different SpO
conclusionOur findings support the clinical reliability of the currently used standard classification of OSA severity based on the AHI.
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