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Hindi Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639
Andrew Vakulin Author
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Affiliation
Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Sleep Apnea
Department of Sleep and Circadian Research Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, The University of Sydney, Australia
Biography
Dr Vakulin is a Research Fellow at the Adelaide Institute of Sleep Health, Flinders University and an affiliate researcher at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and University of Sydney. His broad research interests and expertise are investigating the impact of sleep disorders and sleep loss on day time function and vigilance impairment, particulary in realtion to operational perfomrance such as fatigue realted motor vehicle and workplace accident risk.
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Driving Impairment and Accident Risk in Sleep Apnea: We Need Better Assessment Tools
Author(s): Andrew Vakulin, Angela L. D?Rozario and Ronald R. Grunstein
Driving Impairment and Accident Risk in Sleep Apnea: We Need Better Assessment Tools
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is strongly associated with neurobehavioral impairment and increased motor vehicle accident (MVA) risk resulting in an estimated 1400 road fatalities and a cost of $15.9 billion annually in the United States alone. Despite these alarming figures, the elevated MVA risk might only relate to a subset of the OSA patient population, while a large proportion of patients show minimal or no driving impairment and present no relative risk on the road. At present, assessing an view more»
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