老年睡眠呼吸暂停综合征诊断评估专家共识

随着人口老龄化进程加剧，提高老年人群生存质量成为必然的发展趋势。睡眠障碍已成为影响老年人生活质量的重要因素之一。睡眠呼吸暂停综合征（SAS）是老年人睡眠障碍中仅次于失眠的第二大类疾病，是多种疾病的诱因，且与心脑血管疾病、阿尔茨海默病、代谢异常、呼吸系统疾病等多种慢性病直接相关，严重者可导致猝死。因此，老年SAS应引起全社会的高度关注。中国老年医学学会睡眠医学分会组织国内有关专家，参考国内外临床研究，就老年SAS分类、危险因素、临床症状、诊断评估方法、诊断流程、合并症等问题进行讨论，制订本专家共识，为规范国内老年SAS的诊断评估提供参考。

Chinese Consensus on Diagnosis andAssessment of Sleep Apnea Syndrome in Older Adults

It is a necessary trend to improve the quality of life of rapidly increasing number of older adults. Sleep disorders are significantly associated with the quality of life in older adults, among which sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is second only to insomnia, which is an inducer of multiple diseases, and directly associated with many chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, metabolic abnormalities, respiratory diseases, even leads to sudden death. So SAS in older adults should be given great attention by the whole society. With this in mind, the Chinese Association of Geriatric Sleep Medicine, Chinese Geriatrics Society invited Chinese sleep medicine experts to develop a consensus on the classification, risk factors, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and assessment methods, diagnostic procedures as well as complications of SAS in older adults based on a review of relevant clinical studies, aiming to provide a reference for the standardization of SAS diagnosis and assessment in China.