Assessing Risk of Fatality in Chronic Heart Failure Patients, using Nocturnal Periodicity Biomarker of Cardiopulmonary Coupling
Reference:Hilmisson H, Magnusdottir S. Assessing risk of fatality in chronic heart failure patients, using nocturnal periodicity biomarker of cardiopulmonary coupling. Sleep Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep2019.11.423 Objectives:Chronic Heart Failure (CHF) is a leading cause for hospitalization globally with high 30-day readmission rates. Cheyne-Stokes respiration (periodic breathing) is prevalent in CHF-patients, which increases with deteriorating cardiac function […]
Associations between Subjective and Objective measures of Sleep Quality and Hemoglobin a1c in Professional Athletes
Reference:Majer R, Thornton A, Lauffenburger J, Marino J, Tsai M, Stellingwerff T, Peach H. Associations between subjective and objective measures of sleep quality and hemoglobin a1c in professional athletes. Sleep Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.670 Objectives:It is well known that profession athletes often struggle to get adequate restorative sleep. Sleep disturbances have been linked to poor […]
Beyond the Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI): Importance of Sleep Quality Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Related Mortality in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
Reference:Hilmisson H, Magnusdottir S. Beyond the Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI): Importance of Sleep Quality management of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Related Mortality in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. Sleep Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.424 Objectives:To observe if the SleepImage software generated Sleep Quality Index (SQI) offers relevant clinical information additional to the Apnea Hypopnea Index (AHI) […]
Multidisciplinary care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the age of “personalized” sleep medicine
Reference:Thornton A, Maijer R, Ewert C. multidisciplinary care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the age of “personalized” sleep medicine. Sleep Medicine 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1069 Objectives:In Canada, recommendations have been published to guide multidisciplinary collaboration between sleep physicians and dentist for the management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). However, the responsibility of managing treatment outcomes often […]