Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a serious medical disorder because of its direct impact on the brain and on the cardiovascular system. The direct damage caused by OSA stems from two highly disruptive factors seen in varying degrees in all patients suffering...
One of the unique, if not peculiar aspects of managing patients on PAP therapy is that no standard model of medical care exactly matches our unusual and perceived as cumbersome or invasive treatment modality. Previously, we have talked about the common comparison of...
With such an array of opportunities to use NDS therapy and other conservative treatment approaches, one of the most important research areas for study would address how non-sleep, medical professionals recommend these steps to their patients. Regardless of how things...
In 2015, we last discussed nasal strips (NDS) in depth to point out their wide applicability. With increasing experience, I would like to update a few aspects of this conservative yet effective treatment strategy, because I see certain trends indicating a larger...
We last discussed chinstraps and the difficulties many patients may have in their attempts to consistently use them. Eventually, some of these patients must gain access to the sleep lab as they are unable to accurately manipulate the chinstrap into their mask system....
Our over-riding premise in this post assumes that turning a patient into a regular user of PAP improves health benefits and saves healthcare dollars. Although the first half of the statement is a given, the second half remains controversial as we discussed in Part I....
