Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults

Cheryl R Laratta¹, Najib T Ayas¹, Marcus Povitz¹, Sachin R Pendharkar²

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¹ Department of Medicine (Laratta, Ayas); Sleep Disorders Program (Laratta, Ayas), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Povitz); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Povitz), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pendharkar); Department of Community Health Sciences (Pendharkar), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
² Department of Medicine (Laratta, Ayas); Sleep Disorders Program (Laratta, Ayas), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Povitz); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Povitz), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pendharkar); Department of Community Health Sciences (Pendharkar), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. sachin.pendharkar@ucalgary.ca.

PMID: 29203617
PMCID: PMC5714700
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170296

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Diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in adults

Cheryl R Laratta et al. CMAJ. 2017.

. 2017 Dec 4;189(48):E1481-E1488.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170296.

Authors

Cheryl R Laratta¹, Najib T Ayas¹, Marcus Povitz¹, Sachin R Pendharkar²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine (Laratta, Ayas); Sleep Disorders Program (Laratta, Ayas), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Povitz); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Povitz), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pendharkar); Department of Community Health Sciences (Pendharkar), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta.
² Department of Medicine (Laratta, Ayas); Sleep Disorders Program (Laratta, Ayas), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Medicine (Povitz); Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Povitz), Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ont.; Department of Medicine (Pendharkar); Department of Community Health Sciences (Pendharkar), Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alta. sachin.pendharkar@ucalgary.ca.

PMID: 29203617
PMCID: PMC5714700
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170296

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: Najib Ayas has received support from Bresotec outside of the submitted work. Sachin Pendharkar receives renumeration from VitalAire Canada for the interpretation of home sleep apnea tests and honoraria from RHS Canada for the provision of continuing education on obstructive sleep apnea. No other competing interests were declared.

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Rotenberg B, Pang K. Rotenberg B, et al. CMAJ. 2018 Apr 9;190(14):E444. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.69114. CMAJ. 2018. PMID: 29632042 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Medical marijuana in treating obstructive sleep apnea.
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Addressing challenges with current therapies for obstructive sleep apnea.
Laratta CR, Ayas NT, Povitz M, Pendharkar SR. Laratta CR, et al. CMAJ. 2018 May 7;190(18):E573. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.69278. CMAJ. 2018. PMID: 29735537 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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