Overview of sleep disordered breathing management in 12 latin american sleep centers

Study carried out at Laboratorio del Sueno del INER Mexico City Mexico. 1 Laboratorio del Sueno del INER Mexico City Mexico. 2 Instituto do Sono de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Brazil. 3 Centro de Estudios de Alteraciones del Sueno Buenos Aires Argentina. 4 SLEEP Lab Centro Medico Barra Shopping Rio de Janeiro Brazil. 5 Laboratorio do Sono do Instituto do Coracao, HC FMUSP Sao Paulo Brazil. 6 CENTRES Clinica Anglo Americana Lima Peru. 7 Laboratorio del Sueno IADIN Buenos Aires Argentina. 8 Centro de Trastornos del Sueno Clinica Alemana Santiago Chile. 9 ResMed Corp Latin America. 10 Fundacion Neumologica Colombiana Bogota Colombia. 11 Laboratorio del Sueno CASMU Montevideo Uruguay. 12 Clinica de Trastornos del Dormir, INCMNSZ/UNAM -Mexico City Mexico. 13 Clinica ONDINA Bogota Colombia. Corresponding author: Lia Rita Azeredo Bittencourt. Departamento de Psicobiologia. Rua Napoleao de Barros, no 925. CEP: 04024-002. Sao Paulo SP, Brazil. Phone: 55 (11) 2149-0155. Fax: 55 (11) 5572-5092. E-mail: lia.rita@unifesp.br Received: September 24, 2012; Accepted: October 24, 2012. ABSTRACT