Sleep study while pregnant?

General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
User avatar
avi123
Posts: 4509
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:39 pm
Location: NC

Re: Sleep study while pregnant?

Post by avi123 » Mon Oct 31, 2016 12:52 pm

to those interested

See here on page 294 the table of:

Recommended clinical management for obstructive sleep apnea during pregnancy.


Link:
http://www.ijmr.org.in/temp/IndianJMedR ... 131736.pdf

It should download free

User avatar
chunkyfrog
Posts: 34544
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:10 pm
Location: Nowhere special--this year in particular.

Re: Sleep study while pregnant?

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:10 pm

No doubt the doctor has access to this old, 2008 study, and can determine if it is relevant for this patient.
We are anonymous strangers on the internet-----ALL OF US.

User avatar
avi123
Posts: 4509
Joined: Tue Dec 21, 2010 5:39 pm
Location: NC

Re: Sleep study while pregnant?

Post by avi123 » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:25 pm

Notice that pregnant women are excluded from this Clinical Validation of New Commercial Sleep Monitoring Devices.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT ... en&rank=27

User avatar
BlackSpinner
Posts: 9742
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:44 pm
Location: Edmonton Alberta
Contact:

Re: Sleep study while pregnant?

Post by BlackSpinner » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:36 pm

avi123 wrote:Notice that pregnant women are excluded from this Clinical Validation of New Commercial Sleep Monitoring Devices.

https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT ... en&rank=27
Women are often exclude from clinical trials, even women rats get excluded. It messes up their pristine data sets. Pregnant women are a liability to testing so they get doubly exclude.
71. The lame can ride on horseback, the one-handed drive cattle. The deaf, fight and be useful. To be blind is better than to be burnt on the pyre. No one gets good from a corpse. The Havamal

User avatar
chunkyfrog
Posts: 34544
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 5:10 pm
Location: Nowhere special--this year in particular.

Re: Sleep study while pregnant?

Post by chunkyfrog » Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:47 pm

And who wants the liability of depriving a pregnant female from her cpap?
Anyone?