An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driv...
An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk in Noncommercial Drivers. An Update of a 1994 Statement
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ATS Ad Hoc Committee on Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk in Noncommercial Drivers , Strohl, Kingman P. , Brown, Daniel B. , Collop, Nancy , George, Charles , Grunstein, Ronald , Han, Fang , Kline, Lawrence , Malhotra, Atul , Pack, Alan , Phillips, Barbara , Rodenstein, Daniel , Schwab, Richard , Weaver, Terri and Wilson, Kevin
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New York, NY: American Thoracic Society
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English
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New York, NY: American Thoracic Society
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Sleepiness may account for up to 20% of crashes on monotonous roads, especially highways. Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common medical disorder that causes excessive daytime sleepiness, increasing the risk for drowsy driving two to three times. The purpose of these guidelines is to update the 1994 American Thoracic Society Statement tha...
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An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline: Sleep Apnea, Sleepiness, and Driving Risk in Noncommercial Drivers. An Update of a 1994 Statement
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Strohl, Kingman P.
Brown, Daniel B.
Collop, Nancy
George, Charles
Grunstein, Ronald
Han, Fang
Kline, Lawrence
Malhotra, Atul
Pack, Alan
Phillips, Barbara
Rodenstein, Daniel
Schwab, Richard
Weaver, Terri
Wilson, Kevin
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5446185
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_5446185
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1073-449X
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1535-4970
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10.1164/rccm.201304-0726ST
