Journal of Sleep Disorders: Treatment and CareISSN: 2325-9639

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Angela L. D?Rozario Author

angela.drozario@sydney.edu.au

Subjects of specialization
Sleep Neurobiology , Sleep

Affiliation
Department of sleep medicine, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Biography

Dr. Angela Rozario is currently working in Department of sleep medicine, Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, Australia - School of Psychology Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Brain and Mind Centre and Charles Perkins Centre, Research Leader, Sleep Neurobiology Theme - CIRUS, Centre for Sleep and Chronobiology, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research

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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»

DOI: 10.4172/2325-9639.1000e102

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