Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

The future of sleep medicine and the business of sleep

  • Editorial
  • Published:
Sleep and Breathing Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Phillipson EA (1993) Sleep apnea—a major public health problem. N Engl J Med 29:328(17):1271–1273

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Logan AG, Perlikowski SM, Mente A, Tisler A, Tkacova R, Niroumand M, Leung RS, Bradley TD (2001) High prevalence of unrecognized sleep apnoea in drug-resistant hypertension. J Hypertens 19(12):2271–2277

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Javaheri S, Parker TJ, Liming JD, Corbett WS, Nishiyama H, Wexler L, Roselle GA (1998) Sleep apnea in 81 ambulatory male patients with stable heart failure; types and their prevalences, consequences, and presentations. Circulation 97:2154–2159

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Kanagala R, Murali NS, Friedman PA, Ammash NM, Gersh BJ, Ballman KV, Shamsuzzaman AS, Somers VK (2003) Obstructive sleep apnea and the recurrence of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 107:2589–2594

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Gami AS, Pressman G, Caples SM, Kanagala R, Gard JJ, Davison DE, Malouf JF, Ammash NM, Friedman PA, Somers VK (2004) Association of atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 110:364–367

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Sjostrom C, Lindberg E, Elmasry A, Hagg A, Svardsudd K, Janson C (2002) Prevalence of sleep apnoea and snoring in hypertensive men: a population based study. Thorax 57:602–607

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Schafer H, Koehler U, Ewig S, Hasper E, Tasci S, Luderitz B (1999) Obstructive sleep apnea as a risk marker in coronary artery disease. Cardiology 92:79–84

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Becker HF, Jerrentrup A, Ploch T, Grote L, Penzel T, Sullivan CE, Peter JH (2003) Effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Circulation 107(1):68–73

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Kaneko Y, Floras JS, Usui K, Plante J, Tkacova R, Kubo T, Ando S, Bradley TD (2003) Cardiovascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with heart failure and obstructive sleep apnea. N Engl J Med 348:1233–1241

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Babu AR, Herdegen J, Fogelfeld L, Shott S, Mazzone T (2005) Type 2 diabetes, glycemic control, and continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. Arch Intern Med 165:447–452

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. Stradling JR (2004) Reducing the cost of treating obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Res Crit Care Med 170:1143–1144

    Article  Google Scholar 

  12. Teschler Berthon-Jones (1998) Intelligent CPAP systems: clinical experience. Thorax 53(Suppl 3):S49–S54

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Condos R, Norman RG, Krishnasamy I, Peduzzi N, Goldring RM, Rapoport DM (1994) Flow limitation as a noninvasive assessment of residual upper-airway resistance during continuous positive airway pressure therapy of obstructive sleep apnea. Am J Res Crit Care Med 150(2):475–480

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. Massie CA, McArdle N, Hart RW, Schmidt-Nowara WW, Lankford A, Hudgel DW, Gordon N, Douglas NJ (2003) Comparison between automatic and fixed positive airway pressure therapy in the home. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:20–23

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Masa JF, Jimenez A, Duran J, Capote F, Monasterio C, Mayos M, Teran J, Hernandez L, Barbe F, Maimo A, Rubio M, Montserrat JM (2004) Alternative methods of titrating continuous positive airway pressure: a large multicenter study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 170:1218-1224

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Sin DD, Mayers I, Man G, Pawluk L (2002) Long-term compliance rates to continuous positive airway pressure in obstructive sleep apnea. Chest 121:430–435

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Krieger J (1992) Long-term compliance with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea patients and nonapneic snores. Sleep 15:S42–S46

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  18. Chervin RD, Theut S, Bassetti C, Aldrich MS (1997) Compliance with nasal CPAP can be improved by simple interventions. Sleep 20(4):284–289

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. Lewis KE, Seale L Bartle IE, Watkins AJ, Ebden P (2004) Early predicators of CPAP use for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 27(1):134–138

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  20. Kribbs NB et al (1993) Objective measurement of patterns of nasal CPAP use by patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Am Rev Respir Dis 147:887–895

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. ResMed, Inc, 14040 Danielson Street, Poway, CA, 92064, USA

    Peter C. Farrell

Authors
  1. Peter C. Farrell
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Peter C. Farrell.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Farrell, P.C. The future of sleep medicine and the business of sleep. Sleep Breath 10, 111–114 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-006-0066-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-006-0066-x

Search

Navigation