Diagnostic accuracy of the Berlin questionnaire and the NoSAS score in detecting risk for obstructive sleep apnea in rotating shift workers.

Luiz Antônio Alves de Menezes Júnior Virgínia Capistrano Fajardo Raimundo Marques Do Nascimento Neto Silvia Nascimento de Freitas Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira Fausto Aloísio Pedrosa Pimenta George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho Adriana Lúcia Meireles

Published in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2021)

In rotating shift workers, drivers of heavy off-road machinery, the NoSAS score showed higher accuracy in identifying patients at risk for sleep apnea than the BQ.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes
cross sectional