TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Falling asleep while driving and automobile accidents among patients with obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome
JO  - Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences
A1  - Shiomi, Toshiaki
A1  - Arita, Aki Taniguchi
A1  - Sasanabe, Ryujiro
A1  - Banno, Katsuhisa
A1  - Yamakawa, H.
A1  - Hasegawa, R.
A1  - Ozeki, Kaori
A1  - Okada, M.
A1  - Ito, Akihiko
SP  - 333
EP  - 334
VL  - 56
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1323-1316
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -