Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy

Official Publication of the American Sleep and Breathing Academy

sleep disease

Swimming in the Uncertain Sea of Sleep Diagnostics – Jeff Wyscarver

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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

Sleepy Heart and Hearty Sleep: Sleep Disorders and Cardiovascular Diseases – V. Gopichandran, S. Suganya and K. P. Misra

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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

July 1st, 2008: New Guidelines, Will You Be Ready? – Rick Swanson

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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