Sleep Apnea: A Geriatric Syndrome

“Most of the time [President Taft] simply did not and could not function in alert fashion…Often when I was talking to him after a meal his head would fall over on his breast and he would be sound asleep for ten or fifteen minutes. He would waken and resume the conversation, only to repeat the pe rformance in the course of half an hour or so.”∼Senator James Watson1
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research