title: [Prevalence of sleep apnoea syndrome--the experience of "Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumology, Bucharest].
abstract: The study is a retrospective one based on the analysis of the records of the patients who have been diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea Syndrome (SAS) in "Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumology sleep laboratory between 1997-2007. The study demonstrated a SAS prevalence of 64,4% in a specific population. Snoring is the main symptom which brings the patients to the doctor (74,5%); regarding the severity of the disease 62,4% were moderate and severe cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sleep Apnoea Syndrome is a frequent disease, relatively easy to diagnose and to treat. If we want to have real epidemiological data regarding SAS prevalence in Romania we should have large epidemiological studies in all the regions of the country.
authors.affiliation: Institutul de Pneumologie "Marius Nasta" Bucureşti. imunteanuro@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Munteanu
authors.forename: Camelia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bădescu
authors.forename: Mihaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trenchea
authors.forename: Florin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mihălţan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D017286:Polysomnography; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires