Resources
There have been hundreds of studies and articles published about the risks of untreated sleep apnea and its impact on risk sensitive jobs such as trucking. If you wish to receive more information give us a call or drop us a note. A list of some of the most referenced printed materials related to sleep apnea is as follows:
Sleep Apnea - General Articles and Introductory
Liberty Mutual - Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Loss Prevention Reference Note) January 2007.
Treating Sleep Apnea Yields Boost in Safety and Savings for Fleets (NY Times June 2009).
Hartenbaum, et al. Sleep Apnea and Commercial Vehicle Operators: Statement from the Joint Task Force of Chest Physicians, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation. JOEM, Volume 48, Number 9, Supplement September, 2006.
Health on the Highway Heavy Duty Trucking July 2008 Bette Garber Contributing Editor.
Obstructive Sleep Apnea / Relation to vehicle accident
Sassani, et al. Reducing Motor Vehicle Collisons, Costs, and Fatalities by treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome'sleep, Volume 27, Number 3, 2004.
Mulgrew, et al. Risk and Severity of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Hypopnea, Thorax Jan 30, 2008.
Teran Santos. The Association between Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Traffic Accidents. New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 340, Number 11, March, 1999.
Pack, Allan, et al. Impaired Performance in Commercial Drivers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Volume 174, 2006.
Screening, Testing, & Treating
Turkington, et al. Time Course of Changes in Driving Simulator Performance with and without Treatment in Patients with Sleep Apnoea Hypopnoea Syndrome. Thorax 2004;59:56-59.
Parks, et al. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea during Commercial Driver Medical Exams. JOEM, Volume 51, Number 3, March, 2009.
Dinges/Weaver. Editorial: The Critical Role of Behavioral Research for improving adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure therapies for Sleep Apnea. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 5:79-82, 2007.
Levendowski, et al. Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Severity in Truck Drivers: Validation of a Screening Questionnaire. Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy, Volume 2, Number 2, April-May, 2007.
Ambulatory Testing
Levendowski, et al. The Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea variability measured in-lab versus in-home on Sample Size Calculations. International Archives of Medicine, BioMed Central.
Berry, et al. Portable Monitoring & Autotitration versus Polysomnography for the Diagnosis & Treatment of Sleep Apnea. Sleep, Volume 31, Number 10, 2008.
Westbrook. Survey regarding Limited Diagnostics Systems for Sleep Apnea. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2007; 3(3):318-320.
Boyer/Kapur. Role of Portable Sleep Studies for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Westbrook, et al. Description and Validation of the Apnea Risk Evaluation System: A Novel Method to Diagnose Sleep Apnea Hypopnea in the Home. Chest The Pulmonary and Critical Care Journal
Antic. Researchers Develop More Accessible and Less Costly Treatment Protocols for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (summary of article appearing in American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critcal Care Medicine
Legal Issues
Lazar. Guardrail. Sleep Apnea: An Emerging Standard of Care Requiring Commercial Driver Screening and Treatment. North American Transportation Management Institute. Winter, 2008.
Carper, et al. Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk & Severity in Truck Drivers: Commenting on the Legal Implications for Ignoring a National Safety Concern. Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy, Volume 2, Number 2, April-May, 2007.
DOT FMCSA Medical Review Board Meeting Summary. January 2008