Last Updated: 2009-03-27 16:37:21 -0400 (Reuters Health) In patients with obstructive sleep apnea, a one-time dose of a nonbenzodiazepine sedative during polysomnography may improve short-term compliance with continuous positive airway pressure
Read MoreA new study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine reiterates previous findings that tests to evaluate truck drivers for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) based on obesity are effective and should be utilized. The authors of this stu
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Read MoreSleep Services of America, Glen Burnie, Md, will serve as the pilot for the first commercial use of HealtheTrax software service from Dynamed Solutions, Elkridge, Md. Sleep Services of America plans to utilize the HealtheTrax multimodal platform-in
Read MoreThe new Nellcor™ OxiMax™ N-600x™ Pulse Oximeter with OxiMax SPD™, manufactured by Covidien, enables the pulse oximeter to detect and alert clinicians of oxygen desaturation patterns, allowing them to make timely and better i
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