This presentation focused on issues relevant to the decision to perform testing for sleep
disordered breathing. Polysomnographic signals can be captured equally well in both the …

Home sleep testing has emerged over the past decade and become an intriguing option for
patients and providers because it can be conducted in the home environment. However …

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major public health problem, affecting up to 5% of the
world population 1 and between 2% and 4% of adults in the United States. 2 It is …

Portable sleep apnea testing has undergone a transformation in the past decade and has
emerged as a credible, reliable, cost-effective diagnostic testing modality for sleep …

Aim There are no studies comparing tests performed at home with those carried out in the
laboratory, using the same device. The only studies that have been performed have …

Alternatives to the standard method of diagnosing sleep apnea (SA) are becoming
increasingly popular due to the expense and/or, in some cases, the limited availability of …

The present chapter is about accurate sleepiness measurement. The clinical benefits of
formal sleepiness testing are explained. The inconsistent relationship between the …

In addition to overnight polysomnography, there are two special tests with which every sleep
technologist should be familiar: the multiple sleep latency test and the maintenance of …

At professional sleep society and pulmonary clinical meetings it has become fashionable to
debate whether laboratory or nonlaboratory assessment should be used to diagnose sleep …

As the demand for sleep evaluations rises, one response has been to conduct such studies
in the home. In this brief review, complex home sleep monitoring systems (those recording at …