Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey
BACKGROUND: An estimated 5.4 million Canadian adults have been diagnosed with sleep apnea or are at high risk of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are no recent Canadian data regarding access to and predictors of referral for diagnostic testing in these populations.
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| author | Jessica Evans Robert Skomro Helen Driver Brian Graham Irvin Mayers Louise McRae Joseph Reisman Corneliu Rusu Teresa To John Fleetham |
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| description | BACKGROUND: An estimated 5.4 million Canadian adults have been diagnosed with sleep apnea or are at high risk of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are no recent Canadian data regarding access to and predictors of referral for diagnostic testing in these populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa3937f1d82b48a8a6155ebedb0d3f9b2025-02-03T06:05:38ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412014-01-01211e4e1010.1155/2014/592947Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response SurveyJessica Evans0Robert Skomro1Helen Driver2Brian Graham3Irvin Mayers4Louise McRae5Joseph Reisman6Corneliu Rusu7Teresa To8John Fleetham9Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaSleep Disorders Laboratory, Kingston General Hospital and Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaDivision of Respirology, Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaCentre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaCentre for Chronic Disease Prevention, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaChild Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaBACKGROUND: An estimated 5.4 million Canadian adults have been diagnosed with sleep apnea or are at high risk of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are no recent Canadian data regarding access to and predictors of referral for diagnostic testing in these populations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/592947 |
| spellingShingle | Jessica Evans Robert Skomro Helen Driver Brian Graham Irvin Mayers Louise McRae Joseph Reisman Corneliu Rusu Teresa To John Fleetham Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey |
| title_full | Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey |
| title_fullStr | Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey |
| title_short | Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey |
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