Citation

Simon R, Tschopp JM. Rev. Med. Suisse 2005; 1(23): 1556-1560.

Vernacular Title

Syndrome d'apnees du sommeil, une pathologie frequente encore insuffisamment

Affiliation

Centre valaisan de pneumologie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Medecine et Hygiene)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16044797

Abstract

Sleep apnoea syndrome is a frequent disease, occurring in men aged more than 30 years and in postmenopaused women. Its prevalence is more than 1% in men and between 0,3%-0,5% in women. It is an important public health problem. Diagnosis is made by polysomnography, which is considered as a gold standard, or by polygraphy. Sleep apnoea syndrome must be looked for by clinicians in presence of symptoms such as sleepiness, snoring, or behavioural problems, because these patients have a high risk not only of driving crashes, but also of arterial hypertension, brain strokes, and myocardial infarction, without treatment.

Language: fr