The ApneaLink™ Plus device is indicated for use by Health Care Professionals (HCP), where it may aid in the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing for adult patients. ApneaLink Plus records the following data: patient respiratory nasal airflow, snoring, blood oxygen saturation, pulse and respiratory effort during sleep. ApneaLink Air Patient instructions Returning the Device 1. Remove the cannula from your nose and the sensor from your finger. Remove the belt from your body and place the device and the attached sensors back into the bag it came in. Place the bag and completed paperwork into the mailing box the device was shipped in. Similarly, the agreement between observers for the manual analysis of ApneaLink in a subgroup of 15 patients selected at random was very good (k = 0.81). Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratio, and predictive value of ApneaLink plus clinical data for the prescription of CPAP.

RE: Apnealink software Thanks; that makes sense. I won't be able to look at this for a couple days, but I'm wondering how they managed to write an application that's close to 700MB - zipped. Navigate the list of applications until you locate ApneaLink or simply click the Search field and type in 'ApneaLink'. If it is installed on your PC the ApneaLink application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click ApneaLink in the list, some information about the program is shown to you: Safety rating (in the lower left corner).

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a major health problem due to its prevalence rates of 2–4% in middle-aged people [1] and significant morbidity [2, 3] and mortality [4] reported in patients with this condition. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is an effective treatment commonly prescribed for symptomatic patients with obstructive sleep apnea. It is costeffective [5] and reduces daytime sleepiness [6], rates of motor vehicle accidents [7], and blood pressure [8]. The American Thoracic Society [9] and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine [10] recommend supervised polysomnography (PSG) in the sleep laboratory over two nights for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea and initiation of CPAP. This approach to a highly prevalent condition results in inevitable discrepancies between the demand for services and the current capacity of sleep laboratories [11]. Because the treatment of sleep apnea provides many benefits to patients and society, it is imperative to develop strategies that are less complex than the traditional approach based on PSG to expedite the diagnosis and treatment of patients with OSA.

The ApneaLink is a two-channel screening tool for sleep apnea. The device consists of a nasal cannula attached to a small case that houses a pressure transducer and a pulse oximeter. It is held in place by a belt worn around the user's chest. It has good potential as a simple screening device, particularly because it allows the manual review and scoring of the raw data. There are several reports which have evaluated the performance of the automatic analysis of nasal pressure from the ApneaLink device against polysomnography to diagnosis sleep apnea [12–15]. Furthermore, we have recently demonstrated that the manual analysis of data using an AHI (ApneaLink) and an RDI (PSG) ≥5 as criteria for OSA has showed a sensitivity and specificity nearly 90% [16]. Thus, the objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the medical decision based on the results of the hand scoring from a two-channel recording device (ApneaLink) plus clinical data (excessive daytime sleepiness, cardiovascular comorbidities, and type 2 diabetes) for the prescription of CPAP in patients with suspected OSA.

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