Bonsignore Maria
DiBiMIS, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
CNR Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology (IBIM), Palermo , Italy.
F1000Res. 2017 Dec 22;6:2168. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.12599.1. eCollection 2017.
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a main cause of excessive daytime sleepiness and increases the risk for driving accidents, which can be normalized by treatment with continuous positive airway pressure ventilation. Since it is estimated that OSA is not diagnosed in about 80% of cases, recognition of patients at risk for driving accidents is a problem from both medical and societal points of view. Strategies to screen and identify subjects at high risk for driving accidents are under study in order to improve safety on the road, especially for commercial drivers, who show a high prevalence of OSA.
阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)是白天过度嗜睡的主要原因,还会增加驾驶事故风险,持续气道正压通气治疗可使其恢复正常。据估计,约80%的OSA病例未被诊断出来,因此,从医学和社会角度来看,识别有驾驶事故风险的患者都是一个问题。为提高道路安全性,尤其是针对OSA患病率较高的职业驾驶员,正在研究筛查和识别驾驶事故高风险人群的策略。