March-April 2003


Features


Actigraphy: A Key Choice
  by Jennifer D. James, RPSGT
  The uses for actigraphy are many in terms of measuring treatment outcomes; it can be implemented over several nights to help physicians determine the effectiveness of medications to treat such disorders as periodic limb movement syndrome and restless legs syndrome.
Pharmacology Options for Narcolepsy
  by Robert A. Whitman, PhD, ABSM, RRT, RPFT
  While the search continues for a cure for narcolepsy, researchers are studying hypocretin neurotransmission and treating patients with the latest drug therapies.
Reimbursement: What';s New for CPAP?
  by Michael J. Breus, PhD
  With reimbursement codes changing, sleep specialists need to know how to play by the legal rules when contracting with DME and CPAP businesses.
The Uniqueness of the Human Airway
  by Brian G. Palmer, DDS
  It is important to treat all children who have high palates, narrow dental arches, overjets, and obstructed airways as soon as possible in order to reduce the incidence of OSA in the population.


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Publisher's/Editor's Message
  by Tony Ramos
  Sleepless in London
Guest Editorial
  by Natalie Morin, RPSGT
  As the importance of treating sleep disorders is fast becoming common knowledge, facilities are experiencing heavy backlog and sleep record outsourcing can help remedy this problem.
Facility Profile
  by Candace Leigh Bowering
  Following The Sun
  Case Report
Sleep Apnea and Stickler Syndrome
  by Jeffrey P. Pancer, DDS, and Karl D. Farcnik, MD
  Use of oral appliance therapy for sleep apnea benefited a male patient with respiratory distress syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea.
Industry News
Inside Track
  Sleep Review interviews Marco Mancini, sales manager of Grass Telefactor, an Astro-Med Inc. Product Group.
Inside Track
  Sleep Review interviews Tim Quinn, vice president, and Brian Long, sleep product manager of VIASYS Health HomeCare Group.
Product Profiles
Manufacturing News
Dental Sleep Medicine
  by Don A. Pantino, DDS
  Airway Development and SDB
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