OSA a Focus at 27th Annual SLEEP Meeting

Sleep apnea will be a particular focus among the pulmonary medicine topics at the 27th annual SLEEP meeting here.

Of the more than 1,300 abstracts, the majority of respiratory sleep medicine research to be presented will address the consequences, treatment, and management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

One such study by Dennis Auckley, MD, of MetroHealth Medical Center at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio, and colleagues, showed that validated questionnaires offered reasonable positive predictive value but poor negative predictive value in hospitalized patients as a screen for sleep apnea.