New Directions for Pulse Oximetry in Sleep Disorders

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“…Polysomnography is requested in the event of clinical suspicion of sleep apnea syndrome confirmed by nocturnal pulse oximetry (oxyhemoglobin saturation [SaO 2 ] inferior to 90% during a period higher than 1% of the overnight recording and/or several desaturation episodes of more than 5% of the mean nocturnal recorded saturation) 13–15 …”

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

“…The measurement of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry overnight is an excellent screening tool for sleep-related breathing disorders 24 , but polysomnography is the standard diagnostic test for OSA in all patients. Patients with OSA and daytime hypoxemia and/or hypercapnea should have pulmonary evaluation with pulmonary function testing.…”

Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

“…The utility of pulse oximetry may lie at the extremes of the OSAHS spectrum. 19 If clinical suspicion for OSAHS is high, pulse oximetry may help triage the timing of polysomnography when entry to a sleep center is delayed. If clinical suspicion is low, normal study findings effectively exclude OSAHS.…”