PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Marie Bruyneel
TI  - Telemedicine in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnoea
AID  - 10.1183/16000617.0093-2018
DP  - 2019 Mar 31
TA  - European Respiratory Review
PG  - 180093
VI  - 28
IP  - 151
4099  - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/28/151/180093.short
4100  - http://err.ersjournals.com/content/28/151/180093.full
SO  - EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY REVIEW2019 Mar 31; 28
AB  - Telemedicine (TM) is a current tool in the landscape of medicine. It helps to address public health challenges such as increases in chronic disease in an ageing society and the associated burden in healthcare costs. Sleep TM refers to patient data exchange with the purpose of enhancing disease management. Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) syndrome is a chronic disorder associated with a significant morbidity, mainly cardiometabolic, and mortality. Obtaining adequate compliance to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) remains the greatest challenge related to OSA treatment, and the adoption of TM to support OSA management makes sense. In addition, the prevalence of OSA is growing and OSA is associated with increased healthcare costs that could be streamlined by the application of TM. In OSA, multiple modalities of TM are utilised, such as telediagnostics, teleconsultation, teletherapy and telemonitoring of patients being treated with CPAP. In the present article, I aim to provide an overview of current practice and the recent developments in TM for OSA management. Concerns related to TM use will also be addressed.Using telemedicine in obstructive sleep apnoea patients under continuous positive airway pressure therapy leads to reductions in nursing workload, early identification of problematic patients, and at least similar treatment adherence. http://ow.ly/dfL830nuBzD