Clinical characteristics and resource utilization of emergency department patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Patients with OSA represent a distinct subgroup in EDs, characterized by greater resource needs, higher acuity, and worse outcomes. These findings underscore the importance of optimizing care strategies for this population to reduce the clinical and economic burden.
Authors
- Fan Hui Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8191-559X)
- Jianguo Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7030-8578)
- Yancun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1164-7427)
- Xingyu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8108-1997)
- Mengzhu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5561-9334)
- Jiao Pei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3306-4428)
Institutions
- North Sichuan Medical University (CN)
- Qingdao University (CN)
- University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (CN)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Tianjin Medical University General Hospital (CN)
- West China Hospital of Sichuan University (CN)
- Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University (CN)
- Sichuan Cancer Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-06-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326194
- Primary Topic
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00