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Potential drivers for overdiagnosis of SDBP
Category Factor Considerations in SDBP Broadening disease definitions Lowered diagnostic thresholds Should snoring in pregnancy be considered a pathology? Technology Availability of testing Is widespread testing more feasible with less-costly HSAT technologies compared with traditional gold-standard PSG? Public health interventions Widespread screening Should prenatal healthcare systems introduce screening regimes to detect SDBP? Culture of medical care Value of diagnosis for its own sake What are the labelling consequences of making a diagnosis of SDBP? Clinician error Overestimation of the benefit of therapy Does “treatment” of SDBP improve maternal and fetal outcomes? Adapted from [51].
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Pregnant pause: should we screen for sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy?
