Real-time attended home-polysomnography with telematic data transmission

The clinical use of Skype—For which patients, with which problems and in which settings? A snapshot review of the literature

“…We classified twelve (44%) of the included studies as "feasibility studies" (Table 3); [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] nine (33%) as "clinical studies" (Table 5); [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] and six articles (22%) as "clinical education" studies (Table 7). 6,[27][28][29][30][31] Study design Nine (33%) of the included studies had a controlled design, with six (22%) having random assignment of participants to Skype or to a control, 10,12,13,19,21,25 with the remaining three studies (11%) having non-randomised assignment.…”

Pediatric Home Sleep Apnea Testing

“…It is equipped with a digital day/night camera with infrared leads and with a speaker/microphone system for bidirectional audio/video communication. 25 Twenty-one patients were recruited, and a nurse performed remote discontinuous hourly monitoring of the home PSG.…”

The role of telemedicine and mobile health in the monitoring of sleep-breathing disorders: improving patient outcomes

“…To this end, Bruyneel et al developed a telemonitoring system that could transmit physiological parameters in real time from portable PSG through an at-home wireless device to a remote sleep unit. 18 In another study, a telematic system, which combined a teleconsultation system with the real-time transmission of parameters from respiratory polygraphy and automatic CPAP, was implemented for managing OSA. 19 These studies indicate that telemedicine approaches could help to establish diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for OSA in a home setting.…”