In 2017, over 100,000 patients received a referral due to sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), but one-third of them were ultimately found not to have OSAS. At the same time, the majority of OSAS patients still walk around undiagnosed. So there is a need for better preselection of patients. Dutch research shows that OSAS can be easily, safely and easily excluded in general practice with a questionnaire and nocturnal oxygen measurement.

Read more about OSAsense here in the article written on the GP and Science website.