The Sleep Disorders Toolkit

The opportunity to pursue post-secondary education is fraught with challenges for some people with sleep disorders. From concerns about inadvertently keeping roomies awake with loud snoring, to being unable to wake for early morning classes, colleges and other places of higher education can feel a little intimidating for your patients. Luckily, there are people with sleep disorders who have walked...

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are prescribed a positive airway pressure machine, commonly known as CPAP, are instructed to use it every night. But that means lugging the device with them on every overnight trip—no small task given the shrinking space for airplane carry-on luggage.   For CPAP users who leave their device at home while they are on vacation, a survey by CPAP maker ResMed...

Home sleep testing, also known by the abbreviation HST, can benefit patients and healthcare practices alike. When all goes smoothly, advantages include: less time to diagnosis, increased patient volumes, and convenience. But patients returning HST devices late (or not returning them at all) is a problem sleep disorders centers and other administrators of HST routinely encounter.   From signed agre...