Obstructive Sleep Apnea Screening Among Hypertensive Patients in Low-Resource Settings

Patients with arterial hypertension who smoke, consume alcohol regularly, have a positive history of causing a traffic accident, and use sleep medications may benefit from screening for OSA and consideration for referral to sleep medicine centers.

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Cureus
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2025-02-26
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https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.79710
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
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Abstract

Patients with arterial hypertension who smoke, consume alcohol regularly, have a positive history of causing a traffic accident, and use sleep medications may benefit from screening for OSA and consideration for referral to sleep medicine centers.

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University of Banja Luka (BA), University clinical center of Republika Srpska (BA), North-West Public Health Research Center (RU)
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