Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy

Official Publication of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy

AHI

How Reliable is the Diagnosis of Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea? – Helen S. Driver, Farzad Saberi, Neela Chatha, Alison M. Urton, Peter Munt and Michael F. Fitzpatrick

by

Helen S. Driver, Farzad Saberi, Neela Chatha, Alison M. Urton, Peter Munt and Michael F. Fitzpatrick Abstract Objectives: To examine the reliability of a diagnosis of positional obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), with an apnea hypopnea index (AHI) for lateral sleep less than half the supine AHI (S-AHI) and less than 15 per hour, in patients using positional therapy for a full … [Read more...] about How Reliable is the Diagnosis of Positional Obstructive Sleep Apnea? – Helen S. Driver, Farzad Saberi, Neela Chatha, Alison M. Urton, Peter Munt and Michael F. Fitzpatrick

Dig Deeper, or It Is About Time We Standardlize our Tools – Noam Hadas

by

I have been active in sleep for the past 15 years, and I am excited to see the explosive growth in activity and the recognition that sleep medicine has achieved over this period. Indeed, there are very few examples in medicine that showed such a move from a curiosity item hailed by some researchers, into a well-accepted and active medical specialty. Still, in at least one … [Read more...] about Dig Deeper, or It Is About Time We Standardlize our Tools – Noam Hadas