Prevalence of sleep apnoea syndrome - experience from The National Institute of Pneumology Marius Nasta Bucharest

Ioana Munteanu, Camelia Badescu, Mihaela Trenchea, Fl. Mihaltan

Institutul de Pneumologie „Marius Nasta"

Abstract

The study is a retrospective one based on the analysis of the records of the patients who have been diagnosed with Sleep Apnoea Syndrome(SAS) in "Marius Nasta" Institute of Pneumology sleep laboratory in period 1997 - 2007. The study had demonstrate a SAS prevalence of 64,4%, on a specific population .Snoring is the principal symptom which takes the patients to the doctor(74,5%)and regarding the severity of the disease 62,4% were moderate and sever cases . Conclusions: Sleep Apnoea Syndrome is a frequent disease , relative easy to diagnose and to treat. If we want to have real epidemiological data regarding SAS prevalence in Romania we would have large epidemiological studies in all the regions of the country.

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