Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea as a Risk Factor for Pulmonary Embolism

Atlantic Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pulmonary Embolism; Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00409045

R05-08-002

Sleep Apnea

Details and patient eligibility

About

we evaluate the presence of OSA in patients that have a computed tomography (CT) of the chest to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) to determine if OSA constitutes an independent risk factor for PE.

Enrollment: 300 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• male and female patients age 18 years and older with suspected PE