Management of Sleep Disorders-Sleep Technology on Positional Therapy

Chol Shin, Jung Bok Lee

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    Abstract

    Positional patients are defined as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients in whom respiratory disturbance index (RDI) or apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is at least twice as high in the supine position than in the non-supine position. Positional therapy (the avoidance of the supine posture during sleep) is a simple behavioral therapy for mild and moderate sleep disordered breathing. In this chapter, we 1) provide an overview of position dependent sleep and positional therapy for sleep disordered breathing, 2) update the clinical evidence for positional therapy and position dependent sleep advances in sleep technology, and 3) discuss issues regarding implementing positional therapy.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationIntelligent Systems, Control and Automation
    Subtitle of host publicationScience and Engineering
    PublisherSpringer Netherlands
    Pages105-120
    Number of pages16
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Publication series

    NameIntelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering
    Volume64
    ISSN (Print)2213-8986
    ISSN (Electronic)2213-8994

    Bibliographical note

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2012, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.

    Keywords

    • Body posture
    • Collapsibility
    • Lateral position
    • Position dependency
    • Sleep disordered breathing

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Control and Systems Engineering
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Computer Science Applications
    • Control and Optimization

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