.< to screen for @z59 apnea from multiple expert bodies now, the fmcsa, the trisociety task force.ll agree "ñ you have to find a way to diagnose and treat people while keeping them in service, so that's really important that they don't feel their employmente@9÷ is threatenái+f& @ the other thing is, affordabil)jx"dp((qáár!ility of diagnosis and treatment and z> we've come a long way in recent years, with home sleep testing, ! % the cost has come down &#[ and more patients now have health insurance, so i think that we can always continue to improve accessibility, but i v@(v think that's made a big dent, v8zx2tr and then the third place we can ,q."tsp)q difference is in providing ongoing support for people who are on cpap, so they don't view it as just this thing that gathers dust in their closet but something that néfñ actually has them feel better.b[mfÑ the field in the past has b ñ focused heavily on diagnosis andvç(+i less so on ongoing support, and 4 i thi@ under áj transformation right now, which is all good news for patients.$bhkñz-hÑúi-@ñ >> dr. farkas, you mentioned a couple

drivers as well as two in truck drivers that were reported in this analysis that was commissioned by the fmcsahat show that the odds of a crash in people with sleep apnea range from 1.21 to 4.89 which means there's at least a 21% chance higher chance of having a crash up to a 4.9-fold increase. so what happens at night in a person with sleep apnea is that they may snore, they may choke they may gasp they may have to get up and urinate frequently because of the pressure swings in the chest which fool the body into thinking that there isn't enough fluid, and that can cause some fluid imbalances and increased urination. a lot of times they're not even aware they're doing any of this and they're told by a bed partner. so, these events that are associated with low oxygen and surges of adrenaline which over the long run can contribute to the development of hypertension heart disease, stroke, pre-diabetes and even death. each of these events is terminated by an arousal, and frequent arousals can lead to daytime sleepiness and increased crash risk. but can also lead to mood disturbances irritability s