The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Sunday, November 15, 2026
Economic analysis of Philips-sponsored study shows cost savings of more than $3,900 per patient in the United States by combining non-invasive ventilation with home oxygen therapy This week at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Conference 2018, Royal Philips, announced new data suggesting that combining home oxygen therapy (HOT) with home non-invasive ventilation (HMV) as […]
Circadiance announced that it has received two additional patents for its SleepWeaver line of Soft Cloth CPAP Masks. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a patent titled “Full Face Cloth Respiratory Mask” to Circadiance for the SleepWeaver Anew Soft Cloth Full Face CPAP Mask. The United […]
Eisai Co., Ltd. and Purdue Pharma L.P. yesterday announced that two key Phase 1 clinical studies (Study 108 and Study 106) of their investigational sleep/wake regulation agent lemborexant, including a comparison versus zolpidem tartrate extended release (zolpidem ER) and placebo on postural stability and other variables after middle-of-the-night awakening and […]
Researchers analyzed prevalence studies from 16 countries, together with data from the World Health Organization and United Nations World Population Prospects A new data analysis presented by ResMed this week at the ATS 2018 International Conference indicates that the prevalence of sleep apnea impacts more than 936 million people worldwide […]
Patients with severe emphysema who had one-way valves placed through a bronchoscope into airways leading to diseased areas of their lung experienced improved lung function, exercise tolerance and quality of life one year after the procedure, according to new research published online in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In […]
An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more accurate results than did traditional surveillance methods, which rely on manual recording and interpretation of individual patient data. In their paper published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, a Massachusetts […]
As hospitals try to reduce costs, sleep-deprived nurses pose significant and often overlooked costs to workplace efficiency and patient care Hospitals are losing more than an estimated $2.5 billion annually due to fatigue experienced by nurses nationwide. More than 1.6 million registered nurses[1] work in general medical or surgical hospitals […]
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“Truly a comprehensive collection of invaluable information and graphical illustrations about everything that is needed to perform the polysomnographic assessment. The atlas is filled with useful illustrations of actual records depicting standards for monitoring, artifacts recognition, and key findings associated with different sleep pathologies. The authors of this atlas, Drs. […]
Extremely high patient satisfaction and clinician confidence drive adoption Uni-flo2 Single-nasal Cannula System, a breakthrough patient-centric solution that ensures continuous oxygen flow equivalent to the dual-pronged cannula but with half the skin contact, reports increased consumer demand for the device which provides greater comfort, safety, freedom of movement and enhanced […]
