Photoplethysmographic Signal to Screen Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients

Photoplethysmographic Signal to Screen Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients: Feasibility of a Prospective Clinical Pathway.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the plethysmographic signal-derived oxygen desaturation index (ODI) as an inpatient screening strategy to identify sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). BACKGROUND SDB is highly prevalent among patients hospitalized with CHF but is widely underdiagnosed. We evaluated overnight photoplethysmography...

Sleep disordered breathing in hospitalized patients.

STUDY OBJECTIVE There is a relatively small body of literature looking at sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in acutely ill inpatients. The aim of this study was to assess the frequency of SDB in acutely ill patients admitted to tertiary care centers referred for an inpatient polysomnogram and to identify associations between SDB and patient characteristics. METHODS The study was a retrospectiv...

Screening for Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients Hospitalized for Heart Failure.

S leep-disordered breathing (SDB) represents a highly prevalent comorbidity in heart failure (HF) patients. Approximately 45% of stable patients with either heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) or preserved ejection fraction have moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) or central sleep apnea (CSA) (1,2), and this prevalence is even greater in patients with acutely decom...

Detection of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients Hospitalized with Congestive Heart Failure

Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Patients with Heart Failure: An Update