Sleep LabEvidence & Dosage
Polysomnography — diagnosis when apnea, RLS, or parasomnias are suspected.
Evidence at a glance
- Total studies
- 259
- With abstract
- 50
- Meta / Systematic / RCT
- 2
- Highly cited
- 50
- Publication years
- 1982–2026
Sleep Lab in the context of Sleep
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Ranked by influential-citation count and publication year.
Clinical guidelines for the use of unattended portable monitors in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients. Portable Monitoring Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2007200 influential citationsBased on a review of literature and consensus, the Portable Monitoring Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) makes the following recommendations: unattended portable monitoring (PM) for the diagnosis of obstructive…
The role of actigraphy in sleep medicine.
Sleep medicine reviews2002159 influential citationsDuring the last decade actigraphy (activity-based monitoring) has become an essential tool in sleep research and sleep medicine. The validity, reliability and limitations of actigraphy for documenting sleep-wake patterns have been…
The Pittsburgh Sleep Diary.
Journal of sleep research1994n=39107 influential citationsIncreasingly, there is a need in both research and clinical practice to document and quantify sleep and waking behaviors in a comprehensive manner. The Pittsburgh Sleep Diary (PghSD) is an instrument with separate components to be…
The Pittsburgh Sleep Diary.
Journal of sleep research1994n=39106 influential citationsIncreasingly, there is a need in both research and clinical practice to document and quantify sleep and waking behaviors in a comprehensive manner. The Pittsburgh Sleep Diary (PghSD) is an instrument with separate components to be…
Reliability of scoring respiratory disturbance indices and sleep staging.
Sleep199893 influential citations<h4>Study objectives</h4>Unattended, home-based polysomnography (PSG) is increasingly used in both research and clinical settings as an alternative to traditional laboratory-based studies, although the reliability of the scoring of these…
Measurement of sleep-related breathing disturbances in epidemiologic studies. Assessment of the validity and reproducibility of a portable monitoring device.
Chest1991n=3193 influential citationsThe feasibility and reliability of measuring sleep-related breathing disorders with a portable monitor (PM) were assessed in a heterogeneous population, consisting of 31 patients recruited from a sleep laboratory and pulmonary disease…
Expert-level sleep scoring with deep neural networks.
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2018n=5,80490 influential citationsObjectives Scoring laboratory polysomnography (PSG) data remains a manual task of visually annotating 3 primary categories: sleep stages, sleep disordered breathing, and limb movements. Attempts to automate this process have been hampered…
Reproducibility of a Standardized Actigraphy Scoring Algorithm for Sleep in a US Hispanic/Latino Population.
Sleep2015n=5084 influential citations<h4>Study objectives</h4>While actigraphy is considered objective, the process of setting rest intervals to calculate sleep variables is subjective. We sought to evaluate the reproducibility of actigraphy-derived measures of sleep using a…
Validation of Fitbit Inspire 2 TM Against Polysomnography in Adults Considering Adaptation for Use.
Nature and science of sleep2023n=4982 influential citations<h4>Purpose</h4>The commercialization of sleep activity tracking devices has made it possible to manage sleep quality at home. However, it is necessary to verify the reliability and accuracy of wearable devices through comparison with…
Identification of patients with sleep disordered breathing: comparing the four-variable screening tool, STOP, STOP-Bang, and Epworth Sleepiness Scales.
Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine2011n=4,77079 influential citations<h4>Study objective</h4>The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) has been used to detect patients with potential sleep disordered breathing (SDB). Recently, a 4-Variable screening tool was proposed to identify patients with SDB, in addition to…
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