Critical Care



New System May Enable at-Home Testing for Sleep Disorders
Sleep analysis experts have developed a noninvasive system based on audio recordings for breath sound analysis that may help simplify diagnosis of sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, at far more convenience and lower cost than polysomnography, resulting in increased willingness for patients to undergo testing. More...06 Oct 2015

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