The accuracy of a portable sleep monitor to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea in adolescent patients.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

The efficacy of portable-monitor (PM) sleep testing in children is not well understood. While most studies have evaluated PM in a lab setting, the utility of PM in the home environment is relatively unknown. We sought to determine whether home PM accurately diagnoses obstructive sleep apnea in adolescents and to assess patient satisfaction with home PM sleep testing.

Methods

We evaluated adolescents (age 12-18 years) with suspected obstructive sleep apnea using a PM device. In addition to in-laboratory polysomnography (PSG), all participants had PM testing performed twice, once in their home and once concurrent to in-laboratory PSG. PM was compared to PSG using 2 primary outcomes: the apnea-hypopnea index and oxygen desaturation index. All participants were

SUBMITTER: Bhattacharjee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8314631 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature