[Diagnosis of nocturnal respiratory disorders. Review of portable screening systems. Analysis and critique of different polysomnographic signals].
Polysomnography in an attended hospital laboratory setting is the gold standard for the diagnosis of sleep-related breathing disorders. However, this method is expensive and waiting lists are long. Portable recording devices that can be used at home have been recently developed to improve upon the problems of polysomnography. We review the recent portable devices validated by polysomnography and discuss their precise role in the assessment of sleep-related respiratory disorders.
Service de Pneumologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, U.C.L., Bruxelles, Belgique.
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D004867:Equipment Design; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014850:Waiting Lists