The Rise of Differentiated Metrics in Home Sleep Testing
As expectations for sleep care evolve, new auto-calculated insights—from EEG-based biomarkers to sleep quality indices—can provide clinicians with a more comprehensive view than AHI alone.
As expectations for sleep care evolve, new auto-calculated insights—from EEG-based biomarkers to sleep quality indices—can provide clinicians with a more comprehensive view than AHI alone.
ADVENT-HF investigator T. Douglas Bradley, MD, says any risk of increased mortality linked to the use of adaptive servo-ventilation in people with central sleep apnea and heart failure is device- and algorithm-specific.
As the links between sleep health and heart health increasingly become apparent, easier ways to triage potential heart problems in sleep apnea patients have entered the marketplace.
UnitedHealthcare’s updated medical policy for obstructive and central sleep apnea establishes oral appliance therapy as a prerequisite therapy for surgical treatment in adult patients with moderate to severe OSA.
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Read MoreA new study led by a Stanford University researcher, in collaboration with Fullpower-AI, highlights the health benefits of regular CPAP use in sleep apnea patients.
Read MoreA patient success story highlights how the remedē System, an FDA-approved implantable stimulator for central sleep apnea, enhanced the quality of life for Maryland’s James Drake, 74.
Read MoreThe partnership will help Side Health meet the growing demand to detect and treat undiagnosed sleep apnea among its patients.
Read MoreMedical experts at the American Thoracic Society International Conference unveiled new evidence that demonstrates the benefits of positive airway pressure therapies for patients with sleep apnea.
Read MoreThe measurement of mandibular jaw movements provides clinicians with valuable information for the diagnosis of sleep-disordered breathing, according to a new study.
Read MoreThe statement provides data showing the potential value of how sleep-disordered breathing treatment affects cardiac arrhythmias beneficially and thereby can improve patient outcomes.
Read MoreNew launches and upcoming plans from ZOLL Respicardia, Inspire Medical, and LivaNova make patient data more accessible and trackable.
Read MoreGenetics may play a role in both central and obstructive sleep apnea.
Read MoreNeurostimulators don’t have decades of patient data like CPAP, but Inspire and remedē’s 1- and 5-year outcome studies show sustained benefits.
Read MoreSELF discusses the risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and treatment-emergent central sleep apnea, and whether either of these conditions has genetic ties.
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Read MoreThe Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Systems Guide compares 7 CPAPs side-by-side.
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