Is It Time to Let Go of Sleep Staging in the Clinic?
The opinions expressed in this article are not reflective of AAST. After a variety of sleep-related jobs, I settled into the role of lecturer at a large state university. Among […]
PAP Eliminates Apnea. Why Doesn’t It Eliminate OSAS?
It’s finals week here at Cal State Long Beach, and we’re in the process of adopting a new mascot. I voted for the giraffe, a regal and noble animal with […]
ASV for CSB in CHF: Where Are We Now?
I worked in neurology departments during my sleep center days. We were a friendly group and usually all had lunch together. I remember one day our chair, Nicholas A. Vick, […]
Do Mice Dream of Stinky Cheese?
I’m a big fan of Sleep Review. It’s a good way to keep up with all things sleep related like technology developments, business prospects and scientific advances. It’s attractive and well-written. […]
Bad News for Slugabeds
I was a postdoctoral fellow at Argonne National Laboratory and had the pleasure of working with George Sacher. At the time, he was president of the Gerontological Society of […]
Great Expectations
I often start the day with great expectations. I’ll finish the syllabus for my upcoming Sleep and Dreams class. I’ll write a blog or two. I’ll put together a Case […]
Oh, Epworth, We Hardly Knew Ye
Murray Johns developed the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) and published his methodology in 1991. (1) He subsequently tested its reliability in a group of 104 medical students (2) and found […]
Casting a Wider Net for the Diagnosis of RBD
Every healthcare professional walks into the examination room with predetermined biases regarding the patients they see. Fifty-year-old obese man? OSA, of course. Twenty-year-old woman with daytime sleepiness? Could be narcolepsy. […]
For? Against? Or Too Soon to Comment? The AASM Position Statement on Medical Cannabis and the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
The AASM recently released a position statement on the use of medical cannabis for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. (1) It states: “It is the position of the AASM: […]
Capnography – Not Just for Children
At AAST’s 39th Annual Meeting, Julie DeWitte provided an excellent lecture on capnography. She reviewed how the two main methods work (end-tidal and transcutaneous technologies), when they should be used […]