UARS and silent apneas appear to have been missed clinically for some time, but are not coming into focus as both predictive of OSA and clinically significant in the prevention of OSA. Will these syndromes be addressed in your project?
Macario Camacho
We are planning to include snoring, primary snoring, upper airway resistance syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. Technically UARS is now OSA because the pathophysiology is considered to be the same. The ICSD-3 states: UARS is "subsumed under the diagnosis" of OSA "because the pathophysiology does not significantly differ from that of OSA." As far as silent apnea, I would still consider it to be OSA if the patient has >5 obstructive events per hour and meets criteria listed in ICSD-3. Thank you for asking.
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