Potential Underestimation of Sleep Apnea Severity by At-Home Kits: Rescoring In-Laboratory Polysomnography Without Sleep Staging
Author(s) -
Matt T. Bianchi,
Balaji Goparaju
Publication year - 2017
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.6540
Subject(s) - polysomnography , medicine , obstructive sleep apnea , sleep study , sleep apnea , apnea , sleep (system call) , respiratory disturbance index , population , pediatrics , cardiology , anesthesia , environmental health , computer science , operating system
Home sleep apnea testing (HSAT) is increasingly available for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). One key limitation of most HSAT involves the lack of sleep staging, such that the respiratory event index is calculated using the total recording time (TRT) rather than total sleep time (TST).
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