The Magazine for Sleep Professionals
Friday, July 17, 2026
By Sean B. Gipson, RPSGT With COVID-19 on the rise again, sleep programs around the world are looking for advice and direction on how to operate during the pandemic struggles we continue to fight. The battle seems to be a losing one with the Delta variant looming and causing admission […]
Specific Needs for Pediatric Sleep Polysomnograms Pediatric sized thermistors Pediatric sized nasal cannulas for PTAFs EtCO2 O2 Pediatric sized dual cannulas for EtCO2 and PTAF data collection simultaneously If possible, the use of disposable supplies. Children tend to pull and rip thermistors, PTAFs, and other wires off. Often this equipment […]
By Lourdes DelRosso, MD One of the biggest disparities in sleep medicine care is the scarcity of pediatric-dedicated sleep centers. Just as a child needs a pediatrician, a child also needs a sleep technician who understands children. Pediatric sleep technologists are our night heroes that make it all possible. John […]
By Brendan Duffy, CCSH, RPSGT From the song and album “The Stranger” (1977)….Billy Joel Jeret Peterson, known to most as “Speedy” Peterson, was an American three-time Olympian and silver medal aerial skier. He tragically took his own life in 2011 via a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Just a year after his […]
Restless Sleep Disorder By Lourdes DelRosso, MD For many years pediatric sleep specialists have evaluated children that present with parental concern of restless sleep. In 2016, we decided to study a group of children that were referred to our sleep center for “restless sleep.” Per parents, restless sleep was characterized […]
By Matthew Anastasi, BS, RST, RPSGT Sleep Lab Magazine Nov/Dec 2020 issue We are a nation of pill poppers. In the movie The Matrix, Neo was offered a choice of knowledge (represented by a “red pill”) or a life of blissful ignorance (a “blue pill”). Though the film debuted over […]
By Elise Maher, RPSGT, FAAST Although the news surrounding the COVID-19 virus outbreak started to be reported in January and February, it was in mid-March that everyone started taking it seriously as cases started to bloom in the U.S. For many sleep centers, this meant closing indefinitely with a […]
https://view.publitas.com/embed.js [playht_player width=”100%” height=”175″ voice=”Noah”] The Future of Sleep Medicine By Lindsey Nolen Since entering the medical device market in 2006, with the development of the Nox T3, Nox Medical has dedicated research and development toward improving patient sleep diagnostic measures and testing. In continuing to work toward improving patient […]
