44
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Task Force. Sleep-related breathing disorders in
adults: Recommendations for syndrome definition and measurement techniques in
clinical research. Sleep 1999; 22(5):667-89.
American Academy of Sleep Medicine ICSD-2 – International classification of sleep
disorders, 2ª ed.: Diagnostic and coding manual. Westchester, Illinois: American
Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2005.
Auchinloss JH, Cook E, Renzetti AD. Clinical and physiological aspects of a case of
obesity, policytemia and alveolar hypoventilation. J Clin Invest 1955; 34:1537-44.
Arzt M, Young T, Finn L, Skatrud JB, Bradley D. Association of sleep-disordered
breathing and the occurrence of stroke. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005;
172(11):1447-51.
Badr MS. Pathophysiology of upper airway obstruction during sleep. Clin in Chest Med
1998;19(1):21-32
Buchwald H, Avidor Y, Braunwald E, Jensen M, Pories W, Fahrbach K, et al. Bariatric
surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA 2004; 292(14):1724-37.
Burwell CD, Robin ED, Whaley RD, Bickelmann AG. Extreme obesity associated with
alveolar hypoventilation: A pickwickian syndrome. Am J Med 1956; 21: 811-8.
Dhillon S, Chung SA, Farger T, Huterer N, Shapiro CM. Sleep Apnea, Hypertension,
and the Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Am J Hipertens 2005; 18(5):
594-600.
Dixon JB, Schachter LM, O´Brien PE. Predicting sleep apnea and excessive day
sleepiness in the severely obese. Chest 2003;123:1134-41.
Dobbelsteyn CJ, Joffres MR, MacLean DR, Flowerdew G and The Canadian Heart
Health Surveys Research Group. A comparative evaluation of waist circumference,
waist-to-hip ratio and body mass index as indicators of cardiovascular risk factors. The
Canadian Heart Health Surveys. Int J Obes 2001; 25: 669-75.
Erdamar B, Suoglu Y, Cuhadaruglu C, Katircioglu S, Guven M. Evaluation of clinical
parameters in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and possible correlation with the
severity of the disease. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2001; 258(9):492-5
.
Friedmann M, Tanyeri H, La Rosa M, Landsberg R, Vaidyanathan K, Pieri S, Caldarelli
D. Clinical Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Laryngoscope 1999;109(12):1901-7.
Ghegan MD, Angelos PC, Stonebraker AC, Gillespie MB. Laboratory versus portable
sleep studies: A meta-analysis. Laryngoscope 2006; 116(6):859-64.
Hoffman M, Bybee K, Accurso V, Somers VK. Sleep apnea and hypertension. Minerva
Med 2004; 95(4): 281-90.