Portable monitoring in sleep apnoea: the way forward?

Portable monitoring in sleep apnoea: the way forward?

P opulation-based epidemiological studies estimate the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) to be at least 2% of adult females and 4% of adult males in the developed world based on an apnoea/ hypopnoea frequency (AHI) of .5 events?h-1 associated with excessive daytime sleepiness. However, a substantial proportion of these individuals are undiagnosed [1–3]. Furthermore, it is v...

Atypical patterns in portable monitoring for sleep apnoea: features of nocturnal epilepsy?

Atypical cardiorespiratory patterns can be found during routine clinical use of portable monitoring for diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Over 1,000 consecutive portable recordings were analysed to study the potential ictal nature of stereotyped cardiorespiratory and motor patterns. Snoring, airflow, thoracic effort, pulse rate, body position, oxygen saturation and activity of the ...

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Portable monitoring for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The demand for expedient diagnosis of suspected obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has increased due to improved awareness of sleep disorders. Polysomnography (PSG) is the current preferred diagnostic modality but is relatively inconvenient, expensive and inefficient. Portable monitoring has been developed and is widely used in countries outside the United States as an alternative ...

The sleep apnoea syndromes.

In recent decades, awareness of sleep apnoea syndromes has increased both in the public mind and among medical professionals. As a result, the number of patients referred for evaluation to a sleep clinic has increased dramatically. The term sleep ‘disordered breathing’ comprises the whole continuum, from chronic snoring to obstructive sleep apnoea and the so-called ‘Pickwick syndrome’. Obstruct...