International Consensus Document on Obstructive Sleep Apnea

• Published in: Archivos de bronconeumología (English ed.) 2022-01, Vol.58 (1), p.52-68
• Main Authors: Mediano, Olga, González Mangado, Nicolás, Montserrat, Josep M, Alonso-Álvarez, M Luz, Almendros, Isaac, Alonso-Fernández, Alberto, Barbé, Ferran, Borsini, Eduardo, Caballero-Eraso, Candelaria, Cano-Pumarega, Irene, de Carlos Villafranca, Felix, Carmona-Bernal, Carmen, Carrillo Alduenda, Jose Luis, Chiner, Eusebi, Cordero Guevara, José Aurelio, de Manuel, Luis, Durán-Cantolla, Joaquín, Farré, Ramón, Franceschini, Carlos, Gaig, Carles, Garcia Ramos, Pedro, García-Río, Francisco, Garmendia, Onintza, Gómez García, Teresa, González Pondal, Silvia, Hoyo Rodrigo, M Blanca, Lecube, Albert, Madrid, Juan Antonio, Maniegas Lozano, Lourdes, Martínez Carrasco, José Luis, Masa, Juan Fernando, Masdeu Margalef, María José, Mayos Pérez, Mercè, Mirabet Lis, Enrique, Monasterio, Carmen, Navarro Soriano, Nieves, Olea de la Fuente, Erika, Plaza, Guillermo, Puertas Cuesta, Francisco Javier, Rabec, Claudio, Resano, Pilar, Rigau, David, Roncero, Alejandra, Ruiz, Concepción, Salord, Neus, Saltijeral, Adriana, Sampol Rubio, Gabriel, Sánchez Quiroga, M Ángeles, Sans Capdevila, Óscar, Teixeira, Carlos, Tinahones Madueño, Francisco, Maria Togeiro, Sônia, Troncoso Acevedo, María Fernanda, Vargas Ramírez, Leslie Katherine, Winck, Joao, Zabala Urionaguena, Nerea, Egea, Carlos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 1579-2129
• DOI: 10.1016/j.arbres.2021.03.017

The main aim of this international consensus document on obstructive sleep apnea is to provide guidelines based on a critical analysis of the latest literature to help health professionals make the best decisions in the care of adult patients with this disease. The expert working group was formed primarily of 17 scientific societies and 56 specialists from a wide geographical area (including the participation of 4 international societies), an expert in methodology, and a documentalist from the Iberoamerican Cochrane Center. The document consists of a main section containing the most significant innovations and a series of online manuscripts that report the systematic literature searches performed for each section of the international consensus document. This document does not discuss pediatric patients or the management of patients receiving chronic non-invasive mechanical ventilation (these topics will be addressed in separate consensus documents).