title: [S.AGES Study. Collection and follow-up of new sleep apnea cases in patients over 70 years of age and diagnosed in pulmonary and geriatric units].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  S.AGES is a prospective cohort of >70-years-old patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome having been diagnosed in a pulmonary or a geriatric medical unit.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The main objective of S.AGES is to get a description of older patients with OSAS in France. The secondary objectives will be to prospectively describe the management and the treatment of these patients, to describe their 5-years outcome as compared to younger patients in the literature. It will also contribute to better characterize the compliance and tolerance of the treatment and the incidence of comorbidities like respiratory diseases and cardiovascular disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  All consecutive ≥70-years-old patients having received a diagnosis of OSAS (after polygraphy or polysomnography) will be included in the study. All patients will be followed in a pulmonary or a geriatric department.
  
  
  RESULTS
  S.AGES should better characterize the OSAS in the elderly patients, the specific management of this disease and its related risk factors. It may also identify the 5-years mortality and morbidity rates in this population.
authors.affiliation: Unité des pathologies du sommeil, CHI Compiègne-Noyon, 60200 Compiègne, France. Electronic address: f.martin@ch-compiegnenoyon.fr.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie, CHU d'Angers, Angers, 49100 France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gagnadoux
authors.affiliation: Service de gériatrie, CHU Bichat-Claude-Bernard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Onen
authors.affiliation: Centre gériatrique de médecine du sommeil, HEH, pavillon E, 69003 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Onen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003625:Data Collection; D015340:Epidemiologic Research Design; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005853:Geriatrics; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Apnées obstructives du sommeil; Cognitive functions; Continuous positive pressure; Elderly patients; Epidemiology; Fonctions cognitives; Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome; Pression positive continue; Sujets âgés; Épidémiologie