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Article: Studies from Stanford University provide new data on sleep apnea therapy.
- Article from:
- Obesity & Diabetes Week
- Article date:
- November 2, 2009
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Data detailed in 'Comparison of hypopnea definitions in lean patients with known obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS)' have been presented. "In the interest of improving inter-rater reliability and standardization between sleep laboratories, hypopnea definitions were recently changed to place less emphasis on arousal scoring and more emphasis on oxygen desaturations. We sought to determine whether these changes would affect detection and treatment of OSAHS in lean patients-a group known to desaturate less-than-obese patients," scientists writing in the journal Sleep and Breathing report (see also Sleep Apnea Therapy).
"Thirty-five lean subjects (15 ...