Category: In-Lab Tests

In-Lab Tests

Assessing Daytime Sleepiness: AASM Updates Protocols for MSLT & MWT

Standardization of multiple sleep latency tests and maintenance of wakefulness tests will increase the value of results.

In-Lab Tests

Sleep Lab Infection Control: A Surveyor’s Insights

Use these best practices to prepare your sleep disorders center for an accreditation survey and to optimize patient safety and care.

In-Lab Tests

Nonin Medical Celebrates 35 Years of PulseOx

In this milestone anniversary year, several new product launches are planned for the coming months.

Polysomnography

New Meta-Analysis Makes ‘Compelling Case for Sleep Assessments to Be Included in Epilepsy Management’

A team analyzed 19 published studies on sleep and epilepsy in children to try to better understand and articulate the links between them.

Titration Studies

FDA Reclassifies Auto Titration Device for Oral Appliances to Enhance Patient Access to Beneficial Innovation

The FDA recently issued a final order to reclassify auto titration devices for oral appliances to Class II devices.

Split Night Studies

Why Clinicians May Miss Identifying Patients Who Could Benefit from Positional Sleep Apnea Therapies

Split-night studies that don’t necessarily allow patients the time to change postures and a lack of reliable reimbursement can lead to position-dependent sleep apnea being missed.

Imaging Studies

Activity of Brain Network Linked to Changes in Connectedness for Both Sleep & Anesthesia

Changes in connectedness corresponded to the activity of a network comprised of regions in the brain: the thalamus, anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, and angular gyri.

MSLT, MWT & Other Studies

We May Need to Rethink the Timing of Narcolepsy Diagnostics

A new study of nap tests conducted after awakening from an overnight sleep study illustrates how long sleep duration can skew results.