title: [Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome].
abstract: Sleep apnoea syndrome is a frequent disease, occurring in men aged more than 30 years and in postmenopaused women. Its prevalence is more than 1% in men and between 0,3%-0,5% in women. It is an important public health problem. Diagnosis is made by polysomnography, which is considered as a gold standard, or by polygraphy. Sleep apnoea syndrome must be looked for by clinicians in presence of symptoms such as sleepiness, snoring, or behavioural problems, because these patients have a high risk not only of driving crashes, but also of arterial hypertension, brain strokes, and myocardial infarction, without treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centre valaisan de pneumologie.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tschopp
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology