METHODS To estimate the number of sleep laboratories and overnight sleep studies
performed per year in the United States, we first mailed a brief questionnaire to all American …

Background There has recently been concern about the future of sleep medicine in
response to the" disruptive technology" of home sleep testing (HST) and its embrace by the …

OBJECTIVE: To develop standards for polysomnography in Canada in order to assist in the
uniform provision of diagnostic and therapeutic services related to sleep disorders …

More than three decades ago, the Standardized Sleep Manual defined terms and
established minimal guidelines for studying sleep in humans. The advent of inexpensive …

THE REQUEST OF THE EDITOR OF SLEEP TO REVISIT MY 1983 PAPER ON THE
“INCIDENCE OF SLEEP APNEA IN A PRESUMABLY HEALTHY WORKING POPULATION …

With an increased level of awareness of sleep disorders among the public, there has been
an increase in requests for sleep studies, and consequently, more referrals made to sleep …

The American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) Board of Directors hosted a Sleep
Technology Summit on September 21, 2013 with the goals of identifying changes in the …

Sleep—often ignored or taken for granted until we don't get enough of it. Even the best of us
are cranky and inattentive when we're running on too little or poor quality sleep …

BACKGROUND: An estimated 5.4 million Canadian adults have been diagnosed with sleep
apnea or are at high risk of experiencing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). There are no …

Monsieur Ducasse, a nineteenth century French poet, recognized a subset of the population
with badly troubled sleep. Some of these people must have had obstructive sleep apnea, a …