The recent publication of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposal for the national coverage determination for CPAP, which is really about sleep diagnostics, and the subsequent publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) guidelines for home sleep testing threaten to change the face of sleep medicine like nothing else since the … [Read more...] about Swimming in the Uncertain Sea of Sleep Diagnostics – Jeff Wyscarver
Volume 3.2 : Mar-Apr 2008
Sleepy Heart and Hearty Sleep: Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Diseases – V. Gopichandran, S. Suganya and K. P. Misra
Introduction Sleep is a blissful state, which allows one to rejuvenate and prepare for the day ahead. Over the years more and more has been understood about the essential nature of sleep. Sleep is essential for consolidation of memory and for coordination of several important metabolic processes. Sleep deprivation for more than 10 days can even be fatal. Sleep … [Read more...] about Sleepy Heart and Hearty Sleep: Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Diseases – V. Gopichandran, S. Suganya and K. P. Misra
Future of Sleep Apnea: Continuum of Care – Hani Kayyali
The sleep apnea industry is undergoing a paradigm shift in the way it treats its patients. Over the past two months, we have seen seminal events like AASM's endorsement of portable home monitoring for type III devices, and updated Auto-CPAP practice parameters that allow titrations in the home (albeit for a subset of the sleep apnea population).1, 2 There was also the much … [Read more...] about Future of Sleep Apnea: Continuum of Care – Hani Kayyali
July 1st, 2008: New Guidelines, Will You Be Ready? – Rick Swanson
Less than a few months from now the new AASM Recommendations for standardization in methodology will take effect. The recommendations apply to all sleep facilities that are either accredited or applying for accreditation. Sleep facilities will be expected to use the same types of equipment and rules for scoring various events and staging sleep studies. These recommendations … [Read more...] about July 1st, 2008: New Guidelines, Will You Be Ready? – Rick Swanson
An Overview of the Revised Portable Monitoring (PM) Device Practice Parameters – American Academy of Sleep Medicine Recommendations – David Baker and Preetam Schramm
Revisions to the practice parameters for the use of portable monitoring (PM) devices for the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) were recently announced in a publication by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Task Force.1 Based upon previous reviews,2,3 and following systematic and extensive data evaluation, the paper outlines the revised … [Read more...] about An Overview of the Revised Portable Monitoring (PM) Device Practice Parameters – American Academy of Sleep Medicine Recommendations – David Baker and Preetam Schramm