Home sleep testing in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing.
Sleep-disordered breathing is a growing public health concern and an integral part of head and neck surgery. Multichannel home sleep testing is a cost-effective, patient-friendly, scientifically valid technique of evaluating patients who present with symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing, typically snoring or daytime sleepiness. Home sleep tests can be dispensed from the physician's office. They have a 95% successful recording rate. Scoring can be autoscore or manual score. There are several protocols that can be followed based on diagnostic outcomes.
Patel
Minal R
MR
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.
Davidson
Terence M
TM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017286:Polysomnography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D020182:Sleep Apnea, Central / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy