Key takeaways: Sleep apnea affects up to 80% of children with Down syndrome, compared to about 5% of the general…
Tag: OSA
Making Pediatric Airway Care Feasible for Dental Practices
By Jon W. Caulfield, DDS While the public is increasingly aware of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, many in…
Home Diagnostics for More Than Sleep-Breathing Disorders Is Already Here—Just Not in the United States
By Sree Roy While US sleep physicians remain constrained by fee-for-service reimbursement models that limit home sleep testing to binary…
Ancient Indian Practice Lowers AHI in Small Trial of People with Moderate OSA
Key takeaways: A six-month randomized controlled trial in India found that regular shankh (conch shell) blowing reduced objective and subjective…
In the Stroke Trenches
By Sree Roy For decades, sleep physicians have watched from the sidelines as stroke patients cycle through hospital stays with…
CPAP Lowers Cardiovascular Risk for Some OSA Patients, Increases Risk for Others, Finds Post-Hoc Analysis
Summary: A post-hoc analysis of three major clinical trials found that CPAP therapy lowers the risk of cardiovascular events only…
What to Do When There Are No Dental Sleep Medicine Practitioners Around
By Alyx Arnett Oral appliance therapy is a recommended treatment for obstructive sleep apnea—not just when CPAP fails, but also…
Making Sense of Multinight Home Sleep Testing
By Alyx Arnett The use of single-night home sleep testing (HST) to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may have more…
ProSomnus’ New ‘EVO Guided’ Is Bioengineered to Maximize Efficacy
ProSomnus adds a new device to its US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-cleared EVO line of oral appliances for obstructive…
How the Next Generation of Oral Appliances Could Reshape Treatment
Most oral appliances for OSA pull the jaw forward. New technologies aim to treat more obstruction sites—and more patients. By…