Automated measure of nighttime oxygen levels could speed diagnosis of sleep apnea
Monday, August 7, 2017 - 13:32
in Health & Medicine
Computer analysis of oxygen levels in the blood during sleep could -- by itself -- provide an easy, relatively inexpensive and sufficiently reliable way to determine which children who snore habitually could benefit from a diagnosis and treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. This approach was most accurate for children with severe apnea.