Due to several incidents likely related to fatigue and interrupted sleep in both aviation and the trucking industry, the NTSB and DOT called on the FAA to consider screening for sleep apnea. After a thorough decision pathway analysis and beta test of the FAA’s plan to comply, guidance to...

Today there are many sleep questionnaires available as screening tools to identify if patients are at risk for sleep apnea. Of these, there are three screening tools that are the most common: the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the STOP-BANG Sleep Questionnaire, and the Berlin Questionnaire.

Do you remember that feeling when you used to wake up after a good night’s sleep?

What is Home Sleep Testing?

Sleep apnea is typically associated with snoring, but there’s a lot more to the potentially serious disorder that interrupts breathing repeatedly during sleep. Millions of people across the nation fail to realize what a good night of sleep feels like. According to sleepapnea.org, “It is...

You do know what “Sleep Apnea” is…right? (Just in case you don’t, I’ll tell you anyway!)