Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Udasin, Iris G.
• Sunderram, Jag
• Calvert, Geoffrey

Titel

The World Trade Center Health Program: Obstructive sleep apnea best practices

Ist Teil von

• Archives of environmental & occupational health, 2023, Vol.78 (4), p.241-243

Ort / Verlag

United States: Taylor & Francis

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Taylor & Francis Journals Auto-Holdings Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The events of September 11, 2001 exposed nearly half a million community residents and workers engaged in rescue and recovery and clean-up to dust, debris and toxic chemicals, as well as psychologic and physical stressors. Early studies showed an excess of aerodigestive diseases including rhinosinusitis and gastroesophageal reflux. Several studies of World Trade Center (WTC) responders report an excess of obstructive sleep apnea among patients who developed new onset or worsening chronic rhinosinusitis. High quality clinical diagnostic and treatment guidelines are available from The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense. For enrolled members, the WTC program covers diagnostic evaluation and treatment for sleep apnea in members diagnosed with WTC-related upper and lower respiratory disease and gastroesophageal reflux.