Endorsement of: "clinical practice guideline for diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea: an American academy of sleep medicine clinical practice guideline" by the World Sleep Society.

概要

This guideline was selected for review by the World Sleep Society (WSS) Sleep and Breathing Disorder Group A Taskforce and the WSS International Sleep Medicine Guidelines Committee. The scope of this guideline covers clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. A task force of content experts from the WSS has reviewed this guideline (Kapur VK, Auckley DH, Chowdhuri S, Kuhlmann DC, Mehra R, Ramar K, Harrod CG. Clinical practice guideline for diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine clinical practice guideline. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017;13(3):479–504) specifically for its relevance and applicability to the practice of sleep medicine by sleep specialists that comprise its membership.