A major problem with studying the prevalence of sleep disorders is the high cost. We tested
a portable home recording system which can decrease the cost of screening sleep …

Study Objectives: Sleep disordered breathing (SDB), a cause of clinically important
cardiovascular comorbidity, is often not recognized and diagnosed. An automated system …

MSLT guidelines recommend performing MSLTs following polysomnography (PSG) to
document the preceding night's sleep. We tested the hypothesis that patients are objectively …

Sleep is a vital biological function and we currently know that sleep disorders are highly
prevalent in the population. The history of the development of sleep science and sleep …

Background: Self-report remains the most practical and cost-effective method for
epidemiologic sleep studies involving large population-based samples. Several validated …

Computerized polysomnographic systems have came into common use in sleep
laboratories around the world. Despite potential advantages over standard paper …

On average, we sleep about one-third of our lives. Sleep is something we do everyday; yet, it
appears from the 2005 Sleep in America Poll conducted by the National Sleep Foundation …

This study represents the validation of an out-of-laboratory recording system for screening
sleep disorders by comparing it to an in-laboratory system which accomplishes complete …

Abstract Study Objective: In the last two decades there has been an increase in the
awareness of and professional expertise in sleep disorders. The objective of this study was …

Abstract Study Objectives: To determine the short-term variability of indices of disturbed
respiration and sleep during 2 nights of unattended nonlaboratory polysomnography …