Rationale and Design of the Turkish Sleep Apnea Database - TURKAPNE: A National, Multicenter, Observational, Prospective Cohort Study.

Peker, Yuksel; Basoglu, Ozen; Firat, Hikmet; Ursavas, Ahmet; Ugurlu, Aylin; Balcan, Baran; Kerget, Bugra; Algin, Demet; Karadeniz, Derya; Dursunoglu, Dursun; Gunay, Ersin; Erel, Fuat; Kirbas, Gokhan; Senel, Gulcin; Afsar, Gulgun; Melikoglu, Gulin; Sen, Hadice; Ogun, Hamza; Oztura, Ibrahim; Habesoglu, Mehmet; Karadag, Mehmet; Tasbakan, Mehmet; Yuceege, Melike; Akgun, Metin; Akkoyunlu, Muhammed; Aksu, Murat; Altintas, Nejat; Dursunoglu, Nese; Sarioglu, Nurhan; Erdinc, Oguz; Itil, Oya; Topcuoglu, Ozgur; Sirinocak, Pinar; Sarac, Sema; Ferik, Sevgi; Pekcan, Sibel; Yilmaz, Sureyya; Kaya, Yıldız; Yilmaz, Zahide

doi:10.5152/turkthoracj.2018.18097

Rationale and Design of the Turkish Sleep Apnea Database - TURKAPNE: A National, Multicenter, Observational, Prospective Cohort Study.

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Peker Y., Basoglu O. K. , Firat H., Ursavas A., Ugurlu A. O. , Balcan B., ...More

Turkish thoracic journal, vol.19, no.3, pp.136-140, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 19 Issue: 3
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.5152/turkthoracj.2018.18097
Title of Journal : Turkish thoracic journal
Page Numbers: pp.136-140

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The primary aim of The Turkish Sleep Apnea Database (TURKAPNE) study is to generate a cross-sectional nationwide database for defining the clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of the patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in Turkey.