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

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Ronald R. Grunstein Author

ron.grunstein@sydney.edu.au

Subjects of specialization
Sleep Medicine, Sleep, Circadian Research Group

Affiliation
Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Biography

Ron Grunstein AM is currently Professor of Sleep Medicine and head of the NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS) and the NHMRC Australasian Sleep Trials Network. He is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and was previously a NHMRC Practitioner Fellow since 2002. Professor Grunstein is a staff specialist physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, has an honorary appointment in respiratory and sleep medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and heads the Sleep and Circadian Research Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research.

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Driving Impairment and Accident Risk in Sleep Apnea: We Need Better Assessment Tools

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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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