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Sleep • 3: Clinical presentation and diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome

Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK

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Dr M W Elliott
Department of Respiratory Medicine, St James’s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK; mark.elliott{at}lineone.net

Patients with OSAHS may present to a sleep clinic or to other specialists with symptoms that are not immediately attributable to the condition. The diagnostic methods available are reviewed.

Keywords: sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome; diagnosis; clinical presentation

Abbreviations: AHI, apnoea/hypopnoea index; EDS, excessive daytime sleepiness; ESS, Epworth sleepiness scale; MSLT, multiple sleep latency test; MWT, maintenance of wakefulness test; ODI, oxygen desaturation index; OSAHS, obstructive sleep apnoea hypopnoea syndrome; PSG, polysomnography; RIP, respiratory inductance plethysmography; SDB, sleep disordered breathing

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