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Utility of portable monitoring in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
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- Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea in acute coronary syndrome patients: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Home sleep apnea testing auto-interpretation.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Ferroptosis as a Potential Mechanism in the Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Review
- Does obstructive sleep apnea-induced intermittent hypoxia increase the incidence of solitary pulmonary nodules, thyroid nodules, and other disorders? A retrospective study based on 750 cardiovascular disease patients.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Identification and Mendelian randomization validation of pathogenic gene biomarkers in obstructive sleep apnea.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Detection of Common Arrhythmias by the Watch-PAT: Expression of Electrical Arrhythmias by Pulse Recording.Nature and science of sleep · 2022Article
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Diseases: Sad Realities and Untold Truths regarding Care of Patients in 2022.Cardiovascular therapeutics · 2022Review
- Efficacy of Single-Channel EEG: A Propitious Approach for In-home Sleep Monitoring.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Predictors of obstructive sleep apnea misclassification when using total bed time versus total sleep time.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Apnea-Hypopnea Index in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Requiring Noninvasive Mechanical Ventilation with Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support.Critical care research and practice · 2021Article
- Longer and Deeper Desaturations Are Associated With the Worsening of Mild Sleep Apnea: The Sleep Heart Health Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Diagnostic Value of Sestrin2 in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2020Article
- [Comparison and intervention of differences in upper airway obstruction in children with OSAS between awake and asleep].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2020Article
- Detecting central sleep apnea in adult patients using WatchPAT-a multicenter validation study.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Article
- Watch-PAT is Useful in the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.Nature and science of sleep · 2020Article
- Drug-induced sleep endoscopy-directed adenotonsillectomy in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea with small tonsils.PloS one · 2019Article
- Anaesthetic Preparation of Obese Patients: Current Status on Optimal Work-up.Current obesity reports · 2017Review
- To sleep, or not to sleep - that is the question, for polysomnography.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common but underdiagnosed sleep disorder, which is associated with systemic consequences such as hypertension, stroke, metabolic syndrome, and ischemic heart disease. Nocturnal laboratory-based polysomnography (PSG) is the gold standard test for diagnosis of OSA. PSG consists of a simultaneous recording of multiple physiologic parameters related to sleep and wakefulness including electroencephalography (EEG), electrooculography (EOG), surface electromyography (EMG), airflow measurement using thermistor and nasal pressure transducer, pulse oximetry and respiratory effort (thoracic and abdominal). Multiple alternative and simpler methods that record respiratory parameters alone for diagnosing OSA have been developed in the past two decades. These devices are called portable monitors (PMs) and enable performing sleep studies at a lower cost with shorter waiting times. It has been observed and reported that comprehensive sleep evaluation coupled with the use of PMs can fulfill the unmet need for diagnostic testing in various out-of-hospital settings in patients with suspected OSA. This article reviews the available medical literature on PMs in order to justify the utility of PMs in the diagnosis of OSA, especially in resource-poor, high-disease burden settings. The published practice parameters for the use of these devices have also been reviewed with respect to their relevance in the Indian setting.
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