title: [Sleep disorders and medical work capacity].
abstract: Excessive daily sleepiness attribute to sleep disturbances can be a problem for occupational physician concerning the work ability to security works, night shift work and vehicle driving. It's difficult to detect those pathologies because the workers don't identify their symptoms as serious diseases or because they mask these symptoms for fear of the loose of their job. We've studied one case of SAS (sleep apnea syndrome) and one case of narcolepsy to demonstrate: 1) the criterions of the occupational forecast; 2) the sometimes serious social and occupational consequences of a medical inaptitude sanction. We insist on the necessity of a good collaboration between general practitioner and occupational physician.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pathologie Professionnelle, Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Stempfer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Audry
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Weichmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cantineau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009290:Narcolepsy / Q000150:complications; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
vernacular_title: Troubles du sommeil et aptitude médicale au travail.