Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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We sought to determine whether non benzodiazepine sedative hypnotics (NBSH) reduce the occurrence of the low arousal threshold (LAT) phenotype. ⋯ The LAT is common in our population and NBSH premedication does not alter its occurrence. Further studies are needed to determine how the LAT can be optimally managed to improve OSA treatment.
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Type 3 home sleep apnea tests may underestimate the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) due to overestimation of total sleep time (TST). We aimed to evaluate the effect of manual editing of the total recording time (TRT) on the TST and AHI. ⋯ A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 9.