Sleep-disordered breathing, especially obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), has a high prevalence among the elderly, where it may present with atypical symptoms. Untreated OSA can reduce quality of life and have adverse health consequences. Effective treatment is available, so all physicians treating the elderly should be aware of the clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, and treatment options f...

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In this work, a sleep apnea diagnosis system based on Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) is presented. Conventional and new simulated annealing based methods for the training of HMMs are incorporated. The inference method of this system translates parameter values into interpretations of physiological and pathophysiological states. The interpretation is extended to sequences of states in time to obtai...

STUDY OBJECTIVES The functional somatic syndromes are associated with a variety of symptoms/signs of uncertain etiology. We determined the prevalence of several of those symptoms/signs in patients with sleep-disordered breathing and examined the relationship between the prevalence of the symptoms/signs and the severity of sleep-disordered breathing. DESIGN A descriptive study without interven...

ologists, and at least three subspecialty surgeons, so attesting to the interdisciplinary nature of sleep apnea syndromes. Sleep apnea syndromes are of two types, the so-called central apneas and those arising from partial or complete obstruction in the upper airway. This volume focusses heavily on the latter variety and clearly indicates the diagnostic requirements and the multiple functional ...