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Continuous measures of driving performance on an advanced office-based driving simulator can be used to predict simulator task failure in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

This paper arose from a cross-disciplinary collaboration between respiratory clinicians and driving behaviour experts, motivated by an interest in identifying patients with sleep apnoea who might be at risk of being involved in road traffic accidents. Objective measures of risk have been unreliable to date, and the paper sought to address this knowledge gap. A recent press release by the European Respiratory Society highlighted the importance of this work in a clinical setting (http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/18257-sleep-apnoea-patients-are-more-likely-to-report-nodding-at-the-wheel-and-fail-driving-simulator-tests.htm).