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115. Take your breath away- Understanding Sleep Apnea

The Intern At Work: Internal Medicine

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OS a Symptoms and a Diagnosis

O s a shares many overlapping wrist factors for o h s, called obesity hypo ventilation sindrum. Snoring is common in sleep aphnia, but given how common snoring is in the general population, it has a low specicifity and is not actually useful for establishing a diagnosis of o s a. The most useful observation for identifying patients with o s a was nocturnal choking or gasping, which has a likelihood ratio of three point three. Pay close attention to our next segment on physical exam as this often makes for a great osky station due to the various physical examination findings.

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