Prevalence and Detection of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Early after Stroke.

Karen J Klingman Sandra A BillingerAmanda Britton-CarpenterBria BartschPamela W DuncanGeorge D Fulk

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2024)

Prevalence of undiagnosed OSA in the early stroke recovery phase is high. With detection of OSA post-stroke, it may be possible to offset untreated OSA's deleterious impact on post-stroke recovery of function. The BASH tool is an effective OSA screener for this application.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
risk factors
sleep apnea
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real time pcr
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