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Re: what is severe?

Posted by D.H. on February 20, 2006 at 19:46:29:

In Reply to: what is severe? posted by learningaboutSA on February 20, 2006 at 13:50:31:

The determination of "severity" can sometimes be more of an art than a science. For instance, I only had 53 episodes per hour, but my blood oxygen fell to 55%! So it's not clear if your case is more severe than mine because you had more episodes, or mine is more severe because I had lower blood oxygen.

Also, measuring sleepiness is not very reliable. It's very much like measuring pain. Perception of sleepiness is affected by geneder, culture, and a number of other factors.

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