Ambulatory polysomnography in the study of patients with disorders of initiating and maintaining sleep.
We have presented the rationale, treatment implications, and recording and data reducing techniques of ambulatory PSG. We find the method well accepted by patients, the data of adequate quality, the scoring of tape-recorded data far easier than with paper recorded data, and the interpretations of value in the diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting with DIMS.
Erwin
C W
CW
Sleep Disorders Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
Marsh
G R
GR
D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*