ArticleChest2022
Is the Epworth Sleepiness Scale Sufficient to Identify the Excessively Sleepy Subtype of OSA?
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- Sleepiness and attention in sleep-clinic patients and their associations with apnea severity and treatment.Sleep · 2026Article
- Research priorities to improve classification of sleep-wake disorders.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2026Review
- Interpretable Acoustic Features from Wakefulness Tracheal Breathing for OSA Severity Assessment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Association Between the Malnutrition Status and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Acute Coronary Syndrome.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
- Assessing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Severity During Wakefulness via Tracheal Breathing Sound Analysis.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Research Priorities for Translating Endophenotyping of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea to the Clinic: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Article
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- The benefits of capturing patient-reported outcome measures for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with hypoglossal nerve stimulation.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Development and Validation of a Screening Equation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- OSA symptom subtypes and hypoxic burden independently predict distinct cardiovascular outcomes.ERJ open research · 2025Article
- Revisiting the Epworth sleepiness scale : Is excessive daytime sleepiness still a valid screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea in a population at risk?Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2024Article
- Obstructive sleep apnea detection during wakefulness: a comprehensive methodological review.Medical & biological engineering & computing · 2024Review
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- Sleep Restfulness in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy.Sleep science (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2024Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors.
Diego R MazzottiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. Electronic address: droblesmazzotti@kumc.edu.
Brendan T KeenanDepartment of Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Elin H ThorarinsdottirPrimary Health Care Center, Efstaleiti, Reykjavik, Iceland; Medical Faculty, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Thorarinn GislasonMedical Faculty, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; Department of Sleep Medicine, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Allan I PackDepartment of Medicine, Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
Sleep Apnea Global Interdisciplinary Consortium
Funding
Phenotypic Diversity in COVID-19UL1TR001878 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI FITZGERALD, GARRET A · 2016 to 2025
$102.4MUnderstanding the relationship between obesity and tongue fat in humans and ratsP01HL094307 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PACK, ALLAN I · 2009 to 2020
$23.7MNational Sleep Research Resource (NSRR)R24HL114473 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI REDLINE, SUSAN S., ZHANG, GUO-QIANG · 2013 to 2017
$7.5MApproaches to Genetic Heterogeneity of Obstructive Sleep ApneaR01HL134015 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PACK, ALLAN I, ROBISHAW, JANET D · 2016 to 2019
$3.2MTHE SLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDY: READING CENTER APPLICATIONU01HL063463 · NHLBI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI REDLINE, SUSAN S. · 1999 to 2007
$2.8MThe Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS)U01HL053938 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI QUAN, STUART F. · 1994 to 2007
$2.0MTHE SLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDYU01HL053937 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PUNJABI, NARESH · 1994 to 2007
$1.6MSLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDYU01HL063429 · NHLBI · MISSOURI BREAKS RESEARCH, INC. · PI RESNICK, HELAINE E. · 1999 to 2007
$1.5MSLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDYU01HL053916 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI ROBBINS, JOHN A · 1994 to 2007
$1.5MSLEEP HEART HEALTH STUDYU01HL053941 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI O'CONNOR, GEORGE T · 1994 to 2007
$1.4MNCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001878NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL094307NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL134015NHLBI NIH HHS R24 HL114473NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL053916NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL053937NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL053938NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL053941NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL063429NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL063463
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Disorders of Excessive SomnolenceFemaleHumansLatent Class AnalysisMaleSensitivity and SpecificitySleep Apnea, ObstructiveSurveys and Questionnaires
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