Sleep Disorders News

The use of home respiratory polygraphy to diagnose children with sleep apnea was reliable and comparable to the results of polysomnography and an in-laboratory respiratory polygraphy, according to study results.

Sleep apnea was prevalent in patients with asymptomatic extracranial carotid stenosis and linked with arteriosclerotic disease severity, according to study results.

Sleep physicians at Johns Hopkins University have developed a mobile app to help health care providers screen and counsel patients with the most common sleep disorders, according to a press release.

Sleep disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, and other sleep-related complaints were found to be prevalent in the adult sickle cell population when screened with the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, according to study results.

Obstructive sleep apnea appears to be linked with an increased risk for stroke, ischemic heart disease, and all-cause mortality among patients following vascular events, according to study results.

New quality measures for the detection and treatment of childhood obstructive sleep apnea have been developed by physicians commissioned by the American Association of Sleep Medicine.

A dietitian-led lifestyle modification program for patients with obstructive sleep apnea effectively reduced their severity and daytime sleepiness, according to study results.

People in Sweden with untreated obstructive sleep apnea were more than twice as likely to be involved in motor vehicle accidents in which they were the driver than controls, according to study results.

Adolescents with constant sleep duration variability, but not habitual sleep duration, have higher caloric and snack food consumption, according to recently published data.

Untreated obstructive sleep apnea was associated with an increased risk for repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention, while continuous positive airway pressure therapy reduced that risk, according to study results.