title: An Introduction to Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
abstract: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a prevalent disease entity that has become commonplace over the past few decades. Its surge in diagnosis can be linked to a better understanding of the process with a concurrent increase in prevalence. The social, economic, and personal impacts are significant; there continues to be a need to improve our treatment modalities for OSA.
authors.affiliation: Section of Otolaryngology, Yale School of Medicine, 800 Howard Avenue, Fourth Floor, New Haven, CT 06519, USA. Electronic address: Boris.Paskhover@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Paskhover
mesh_terms: D017281:Cost of Illness; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D018582:Sick Leave; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: History; OSA; Obesity; Prevalence