Reference Articles on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Identification

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute working group on sleep apnea National Institute of Health. Sleep Apnea: Is your patient at risk? American Family Physician 1996;247-253
  
  
• Baumel MJ, Maislin G, Pack AI. Population and occupational screening for obstructive sleep apnea: Are we there yet? Am J Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1997: 155:9-14
  
  
• Kuishida CA, Efron B, Guilleminut C. A predictive morphometric model for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome. Annuals of Internal Medicine 1997; 127:581-587.
  
  
• Maslin G, Pack AI, Kribbs NB, Smith PL, Schwartz AR, Kline LR, Schwab RJ, Dinges DF. A survey screen for prediction of apnea. Sleep 1995; 18:158-166.
  
  
• Strohl KP, Redline S. Recognition of obstructive sleep apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1996; 154:279-289.
  

Assessment of Sleepiness: Epworth Sleepiness Scale

• Johns, MW. A new method for measuring daytime sleepiness: The Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep 1991; 14:540-545.
  
  
• Johns, MW. Reliability and factor analysis of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep 1992; 15:376-381.
  
  
• Johns, MW. Sleepiness in Different Situations Measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Sleep 1994; 17(8): 703-710.
  

Identification of OSA by the Berlin Questionnaire

• Netzer, N.C., Stoohs, R.A., Netzer, C.M., Clark, K., Strohl, K.P., Using the Berlin Questionnaire to Identify Patients at Risk for Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Annuals of Internal Medicine 1999; 131:485-491.
  
  
• Netzer, N.C., Hoegel, J.J., Loube, D., Netzer, C.M., Hay, B., Alvarez-Sala, R., Strohl, K.P. Prevalence of Symptoms and Risk of Sleep Apnea in Primary Care. Chest 2003; 124: 1406-1414.
  
  
• Gami, A.S., Pressman, G., Caples, S.M., Kanagala, R., Gard, J.J., Davison, D.E., Malouf, J.F., Ammash, N.M., Friedman, P.A., Somers, V.K. Association of Atrial Fibrillation and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2004: 110: 364-367.
  

Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire

• Weaver TE, Laizner, A., Evans LK, Maislin G, Chugh DK, Lyon K, Smith PL, Schwartz AR, Redline S, Pack AI, Dinges DF. An instrument to measure functional status outcomes of excessive sleepiness. Sleep 1997; 20:835-843.
  
  
• Weaver, T. Outcome Measurement in Sleep Medicine Practice and Research. Part I: Assessment of Symptoms, subjective and objective daytime sleepiness, health related quality of life and functional status. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2001. Vol 5(2): 103 - 128.