Clinical impact of manual scoring of peripheral arterial tonometry in patients with sleep apnea.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective was to analyze the clinical implications of manual scoring of sleep studies using peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) and to compare the manual and automated scoring algorithms.

Methods

Patients with suspected sleep-disordered breathing underwent sleep studies using PAT. The recordings were analyzed using a validated automated computer-based scoring and a novel manual scoring algorithm. The two methods were compared regarding sleep stages and respiratory events.

Results

Recordings of 130 patients were compared. The sleep stages and time were not significantly different between the scoring methods. PAT-derived apnea-hypopnea index (pAHI) was on average 8.4 events/h lower in the manually scored data (27.5±17.4/h vs.19.1±15.2/h, p<0.001). The OSA se

SUBMITTER: Tschopp S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992081 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature