Sleep apnea diagnosis varies with the XXXX criteria applied.

@entity1 @entity64 @entity387 @entity63 @entity27
PURPOSE: We aimed to evaluate the three @entity387 criteria, A and B from 2007 and the revised from 2012, proposed by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) for scoring @entity387 ( @entity387 ) in @entity1 with @entity64 or @entity63 ( @entity63 ). METHODS: Polysomnographies (PSGs) in @entity1 with @entity63 or @entity64 were scored according to the A-, B-, and 2012- @entity387 criteria. RESULTS: Sixty-three PSGs were eligible for @entity387 scoring. There was no difference in the number of @entity1 diagnosed with the B- and 2012-criteria. Therefore, they are mentioned as one. Forty-seven @entity1 (75  %) were diagnosed with SRBD using the A-criteria versus 57 @entity1 (90  %) using the B/2012-criteria (p   <   0.0016). In 30 cases, a change from A- to B/2012-criteria resulted in a change in diagnosis. Ten cases of "no SRBD" changed to mild/moderate/severe SRBD. An @entity27 index (AHI) >15 is a typical indication of treatment. With the B/2012-criteria, we found an additional indication of treatment in 18 @entity1 , compared to when the A-criteria were applied (p   <   0.0001). Two of these @entity1 were labeled as no SRBD with the A-criteria. CONCLUSION: The difference is significant between the AHIs achieved by the A- and the B-/2012- @entity387 criteria, with much lower AHIs achieved with the A-criteria. As SRBD treatment lessens the risk of complications, correct identification of SRBD @entity1 is of the utmost importance.
