להלן רשימת מאמרים העוסקים בחוסר שינה ובהשלכותיה:

סיכון תמותה מחוסר שינה:

Risk of mortality is 3.8 times higher with Apnea, risk of cardiovascular mortality is 5.2 times higher.

·  Yaggi, H.K., J. Concato, W.N. Kernan, J.H. Lichtman, L.M. Brass, and V. Mohsenin, Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death. N Engl J Med, 2005. 353(19): p. 2034-41.

·  Young, T., L. Finn, P.E. Peppard, M. Szklo-Coxe, D. Austin, F.J. Nieto, R. Stubbs, and K.M. Hla, Sleep disordered breathing and mortality: eighteen-year follow-up of the Wisconsin sleep cohort. Sleep, 2008. 31(8): p. 1071-8.

·  Peker, Y., J. Hedner, H. Kraiczi, and S. Loth, Respiratory disturbance index: an independent predictor of mortality in coronary artery disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2000. 162(1): p. 81-6.

80% מסובלי הפרעות שינה אינם מאובחנים:

At least 6% of adults are estimated to have moderate to severe apnea, at least 80% of people with apnea have not been diagnosed.

·  Punjabi, N.M., The epidemiology of adult obstructive sleep apnea. Proc Am Thorac Soc, 2008. 5(2): p. 136-43.

·  Young, T., L. Evans, L. Finn, and M. Palta, Estimation of the clinically diagnosed proportion of sleep apnea syndrome in middle-aged men and women. Sleep, 1997. 20(9): p. 705-6.

הקשר הישיר בין הפסקות נשימה ובין יתר לחץ דם

·  Nieto, F.J., T.B. Young, B.K. Lind, E. Shahar, J.M. Samet, S. Redline, R.B. D'Agostino, A.B. Newman, M.D. Lebowitz, and T.G. Pickering, Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study. Sleep Heart Health Study. JAMA, 2000. 283(14): p. 1829-36.

הקשר בין דום נשימה לאירוע מוחי

·  Mohsenin, V., Sleep-related breathing disorders and risk of stroke. Stroke, 2001. 32(6): p. 1271-8.

·  Yaggi, H.K., J. Concato, W.N. Kernan, J.H. Lichtman, L.M. Brass, and V. Mohsenin, Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk factor for stroke and death. N Engl J Med, 2005. 353(19): p. 2034-41.

נדודי שינה – Insomnia under diagnosed

·  Hohagen, F., K. Rink, C. Kappler, E. Schramm, D. Riemann, S. Weyerer, and M. Berger, Prevalence and treatment of insomnia in general practice. A longitudinal study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 1993. 242(6): p. 329-36.

·  Chesson, A., Jr., K. Hartse, W.M. Anderson, D. Davila, S. Johnson, M. Littner, M. Wise, and J. Rafecas, Practice parameters for the evaluation of chronic insomnia. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Sleep, 2000. 23(2): p. 237-41.