Daytime sleepiness: when is it normal? When to refer? - PubMed (original) (raw)

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. 1998 Nov-Dec;65(10):543-9.

doi: 10.3949/ccjm.65.10.543.

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Daytime sleepiness: when is it normal? When to refer?

S R Benbadis. Cleve Clin J Med. 1998 Nov-Dec.

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Abstract

Most disorders that cause daytime sleepiness can and should be identified and treated. Physicians should recognize that excessive daytime sleepiness is a symptom with serious consequences, including higher risk of accidents and, in the case of obstructive sleep apnea, hypertension, stroke, myocardial infarction, and death. An algorithm for office-based evaluation, indications for further testing, and sleep lab testing methods are described.

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