Virtual Sleep Laboratory for Population Health
Trung Thanh Pham, Savio Monteiro, Shi Cheng, Maziyar Baran Pouyan, Lakshman S. Tamil · 2015
Sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder affects more than 18 million Americans according to the National Sleep Foundation. The symptoms are chronic snoring and day time sleeping. Since people with sleep apnea are sleep deprived, they may suffer from various conditions such as difficulty in concentration, depression, irritability, heart arrhythmia, high blood pressure, sexual dysfunction, learning and memory difficulties and falling sleep at work or while driving. The cost of Sleep Apnea to the national economy due to loss of life and productivity is estimated to be multiple billions of dollars per year.