1 Introduction Testing for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) outside of the sleep laboratory setting has become increasingly common in the United States. Since 2008, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began reimbursing for the use of home…
1 Introduction The assessment of patients for snoring and sleep apnea includes a comprehensive sleep history, physical examination, and a diagnostic sleep study. The compilation of this information allows for the formulation of a treatment plan that is tailored to…
1 Methods of Airway Evaluation As the interest in sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has increased, various attempts have been made to assess upper airway anatomy in patients with this relatively frequent disorder. From the very beginning, researchers and clinicians used a…
1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is characterized by repetitive episodes of complete or partial obstructions of the upper airway during sleep. The spectrum of these obstructive respiratory events during sleep occurs on a continuum ranging from hypopnea…
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