A pediatric sleep specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital, Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, had long noted that many parents would come to a consultation with concerns that their children “moved a lot in their sleep, were tired during the day, or had problems in school.” The parents attributed the daytime symptoms […]
Tag: SLEEP MEDICINE
Are Home Sleep Tests the Death of the Sleep Lab?
In recent years, the landscape of sleep diagnostics has undergone a seismic shift. Home sleep tests (HSTs) have emerged as a convenient and cost-effective alternative to traditional in-lab polysomnography (PSG), challenging the very foundation of sleep laboratories. This evolution begs the question: Is the rise ofHSTs signaling the demise of […]
Moving the Needle
For many years, sleep technologists were primarily responsible for conducting overnight polysomnography (PSG) studies, performing continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)/bilateral positive airway pressure (BiPAP) titrations, and ensuring the accuracy of diagnostic data. Their principal goal was gathering and analyzing sleep data to help physicians diagnose sleep apnea, narcolepsy, and other […]
COVID-19 and Its Effect on the Practice of Sleep Medicine – What Every RT Should Know
By RamMohan Gumpeni, MD, Victor Beauvil, RRT, PhD, Orsete Dias, PhD, Arunabh Talwar, MD, FCCP The coronavirus is a health crisis of immense proportion. It is increasingly clear that the current healthcare delivery models will be defined by a clear demarcation: the period before COVID-19 and the new normal that […]







