Randy Clare
American Sleep and Breathing Academy “Study Club” redefines successful dental sleep medicine weekend courses!
November 11th 2015, from the ASBA PEORIA, Arizona, November 11th 2015 – One of the fastest growing areas in dentistry, dental sleep medicine is also a source of annoyance and deflated expectations for...
Form Follows Function in Quality Patient Care
I have been involved with the identification and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea for over 25 years. I have seen a multitude of different products and strategies to provide patient care. It is not...
Why is RIP a critical part of any home sleep testing unit
Home sleep testing requires coordination between the clinical team and the patient that goes far beyond the norm in a clinical diagnostic setting. The patient is required to set up the study and in ma...
COMPLIANCE AND EFFICACY OF TITRATABLE THERMOPLASTIC VERSUS CUSTOM MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT DEVICES
Friedman M, Hamilton C, Samuelson CG, Kelley K, Pearson-Chauhan K, Taylor D, Taylor R, Maley A, Hirsch MA. Source Advanced Center for Specialty Care, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago,...
NFL’S #1 DRAFT PICK CLAIMS SLEEP APNEA SLOWED HIM DOWN
Sleep apnea weaved its way into the national consciousness back in 2004 when legendary NFL lineman Reggie White died in his sleep at the age of 43. The NFL-apnea connection appeared yet again in a lat...
CHANGE IN EPWORTH SLEEPINESS SCALE AFTER SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA.
Yaremchuk K, Tacia B, Peterson E, Roth T. Source Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan. kyaremc1@hfhs.org. Abstract OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To evalu...
AHI only part of the story
A study published in Nature and Science of Sleep contends that “continued indiscriminate use of the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) should be discouraged.” Instead, researchers suggest that numerous altern...
Could the CPAP machine really be the dirtiest place in the home?
CPAP machine may not be the first item that comes to mind when you consider the dirtiest surfaces in your household. But scientists say that some of the filthiest places in our home are where we would...
Lessons Learned about Airway and Respiratory Illness at the World Trade Center
There are few events in our collective consciousness that have united us as a country like the events of 9/11. Everyone knows where they were on the day, what they were doing and how they felt. Lesson...