Research
What is Hypoxic Burden? Hypoxic Burden (HB) is an alternative way to assess sleep apnea (Figure 1). It aims to better understand how much a patient is affected by their sleep apnea, and predict their risk for comorbid health issues...
Continue reading
Explanation of sleep and respiratory metrics reported by the Wesper PDF report Apnea/Hypopnea Index (AHI): The average number of apneas and hypopneas calculated per hour of sleep time. AHI may differ when the desaturation threshold is set at 3% or...
Continue reading
Introduction Sleep apnea (SA) is traditionally diagnosed with a single night sleep study, however research suggest that most patients have variability in SA severity, placing them at risk for misdiagnosis. The purpose of this study was to examine the variability...
Continue reading