The physician's ability to evaluate a patient's sleep performance objectively and to study a
variety of physiological functions and diseases while that patient is asleep has focused …

The clinical utility and indications for studying any of these during a night's sleep are still
being investigated and clarified. Nonetheless, sleep laborato-ries have already made the …

The development of multidisciplinary centers and the increasing availability of consultation
in the overlapping borderland that sleep disorders medicine shares with many specialties …

Polysomnography is an indispensable tool in dealing with sleep disorders, but because of
its inherent logistical complexity and expense, it must be used with discretion. Many sleep …

The clinical application of recently acquired scientific information regarding sleep physiology
and biologic rhythm functions has resulted in the development of new standards of what are …

The purpose of this paper is to introduce internists and other medical practitioners to critical
issues in the assessment of disturbed sleep and wakefulness. The emphasis will be on …

This paper is a review of the literature on the use of polysomnography in the diagnosis of
sleep disorders in the adult. It is based on a search of MEDLINE from January 1966 through …

The monitoring of sleep is complex and requires a distinct skill set including a detailed
knowledge of EEG, respiratory monitoring, and EKG. Expertise in only one of these areas …

After an extensive literature review of sleep recording practices, the American Academy of
Sleep Medicine recently published a new manual for sleep scoring and the recording of …

Polysomnography is an essential tool in the assessment of sleep disorders. However, PSG
alone not always sufficient to evaluate various sleep disorders patients. For instance, in …