@article{ref1,
title="Falling asleep while driving and automobile accidents among patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome",
journal="Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences",
year="2002",
author="Shiomi, Toshiaki and Arita, Aki Taniguchi and Sasanabe, Ryujiro and Banno, Katsuhisa and Yamakawa, H. and Hasegawa, R. and Ozeki, Kaori and Okada, M. and Ito, Akihiko",
volume="56",
number="3",
pages="333-334",
abstract="Among 448 patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), 40 patients (8.9%) had been involved in one or more automobile accidents during the preceding 5 years. The main cause of these accidents was falling asleep while driving. Excessive sleepiness during driving was associated with an Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) score of > 11 and/or an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) of > 15. The automobile accident rate among 182 patients with severe OSAHS (AHI > 30) was significantly higher than the rate among 106 simple snorers (AHI < 5). Although four of the simple snorers were involved in automobile accidents, their ESS scores were all very high (15 or more).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1323-1316",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}