Sleep apnea: a prospective study.
Sleep apnea is remarkably prevalent among general medical patients. Of 26 men randomly selected on a Veterans Administratin hospital medical ward, with a mean age of 66.2 (SD=11.5) years, 7 (27%) had sleep apnea. Of concern is that two of the seven patients were receiving hypnotic drugs. Portable sleep recordings may need to be done when routinely assessing elderly medical patients.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002140:California; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010361:Patients; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology*