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Home-based Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in an Urban Population
Author(s) -
Natasha Garg,
Andrew J. Rolle,
Todd A. Lee,
Bharati Prasad
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical sleep medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1550-9397
pISSN - 1550-9389
DOI - 10.5664/jcsm.3960
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep (system call) , population , sleep apnea , polysomnography , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , apnea , environmental health , computer science , operating system
Home-based diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with portable monitoring (PM) is increasingly utilized, but remains understudied in underserved and minority populations. We tested the feasibility of home PM in an urban population at risk for OSA compared to in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG) and examined patient preference with respect to home PM versus PSG.

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