2016 Volume 29 Issue 2 Pages 201-206
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) published The International Classification of Sleep Disorder, 3rd edition (ICSD-3) in 2014, and the changed criteria for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has changed. The major points of modification are that out of center testing (OCST) can diagnose OSA as an equivalent standard to polysomnography (PSG) and OSA is diagnosed even if the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is five or more and asymptomatic when certain comorbidities (hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, etc.) are present. We retrospectively investigated the data of PSG and OCST that had been performed before, and considered the effect of the new criteria. Therefore, our own guidelines based on our circumstances to choose the most appropriate diagnostic device are needed immediately.
