Heart rate (HR) is modulated by the combined effects of the sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous systems. Therefore, measurement of changes in HR over time …

Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) developed this guideline to present
the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on the diagnosis of obstructive sleep …

Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a growing and serious worldwide health problem with
significant health and socioeconomic consequences. Current diagnostic testing strategies …

Description: The American College of Physicians and American Academy of Family
Physicians developed this guideline to present the available evidence on current …

This paper introduces an online sleep apnea detection method based on heart rate
complexity as measured by recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) statistics of heart rate …

Background Early identification of poor adherence to CPAP treatment is of major clinical
importance to optimize treatment outcomes in patients with OSA. Research Question How …

Purpose Sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) is a prevalent sleep disorder in which apnea and
hypopnea occur frequently during sleep and result in increase of the risk of lifestyle-related …

In healthy individuals, a reduction in cardiovascular output and a shift to
parasympathetic/vagal dominant activity is observed across nocturnal sleep. This cardiac …

Objective: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common sleep disorder; however, most
patients are undiagnosed and untreated because it is difficult for patients themselves to …

Sleep EEG signals analysis is an approach that helps researchers identify and understand
the different phenomena concealed within sleep EEG data. This research introduces a time …