Primary Care & Family Center
NEWS
SLEEP APNEA TESTING
March 27, 2011.
PCFC Malden is proud to announce that it has acquired a Watermark Medical ARES home sleep testing device is an FDA cleared, CMS approved, TYPE II device. A Type II device is approved by Medicare and most insurance companies. By definition: sleep study test with type II portable monitor, unattended; minimum of 7 channels: EEG, EOG, EMG, ECG/heart rate, airflow, respiratory effort and oxygen saturation.
REFERENCES:
1. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: modeling different diagnostic stragies. Technology Assessment. december 4, 2007.
2. American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Oct. 5, 2009.
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