June 2007

Features

	Sleeping Safely
	RTs' Role in Perioperative Management of OSA
	by Ron F. Richard; Timothy I. Morgenthaler, MD; Carla Lickteig, BSN, RN, CPAN; C. Bryan Carr, MD
	Institution of a formal OSA protocol is probably the most useful tool in the safe delivery of perioperative care.

	Sleeping Safely
	Improving Compliance with CPAP
	by John D. Zoidis, MD
	Strategies to improve CPAP compliance include patient and provider education, maximization of patient comfort with the CPAP device, and regular follow-up.


	Sleeping Safely
	Pulse Oximetry: Developmental Milestones
	by Kris Kyes
	A look at the development of pulse oximetry.


	Sleeping Safely
	Weighing in on Sleep-Disordered Breathing
	by Rick Carter, PhD, MBA; Jim Williams, PhD
	Obesity should alert clinicians to possibility of OSA in their sleep-disordered patients.

Web Exclusive

Complex Sleep Apnea Syndrome

by Preetam Schramm, PHD, RPSGT.

Departments

	Editor's Message
	Wake-Up Call
	by Marian Benjamin


	Market Analysis
	The State of PSG
	by Franklin A. Holman
	Home testing might soon play a bigger role in sleep medicine


	Facility Profile
	Sleeping in Tennessee
	by Fran Howard
	Center for Sleep in Nashville


	Tech Focus
	CPAP

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