Update on the use of portable monitoring system for the diagnosis of sleep apnea in specific population

Table 3 Summary of manuscripts of the use of portable monitoring in specific population

Ref.	Year	Population	Sample size	Device	Protocol
Morales et al[24]	2012	Elderly mean age 71.4 yr	452	Rescare AutosetTM (ResMed, Sydney, Australia)	PM at home PSG at sleep lab
Polese et al[22]	2013	Elderly > 65 yr	43	Stardust II® (Phillips Respironics, Inc., Murrysville, PA, United States)	PM home PM + PSG at sleep lab
Goodwin et al[31]	2001	Children 5 to 12 yr	157	Compumedics PS-2 System (Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia)	PM at home
Zucconi et al[32]	2003	Children 3 to 6 yr	12	POLY-MESAM; MAP; Martinsried, Germany	PSG at sleep lab PM at sleep lab
Poels et al[30]	2003	Children 2 to 7 yr	24	Embletta PDS; Flaga hf Medical Devices, Reykjavik, Iceland)	PM at home
Rosen et al[35]	2003	Children 8 to 11 yr	55	PT-2 System SensorMedics, Yorba Linda, California, United States	PM home PSG lab
Alvarez et al[34]	2008	Children 2 to 14 yr	53	Edentec Monitoring System (Edentrace II, Model 3711; Edentec Corporation, Nellcor Puritan Bennett, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States)	PSG + PM at sleep lab
Sardón Prado et al[37] (abstract)	2006	Children	132	Not informed	PM at hospital PM at home
Amorim et al[38] (abstract)	2004	Children Mean age 10.6 yr	31	Not informed	PM at home
Quintana-Gallego et al[50]	2004	Heart failure LVEF ≤ 45%	75	Apnoescreen II; Erich Jaeger Gmbh and CoKg, Wuerzburg, Germany	PSG at sleep lab PM at home
Abraham et al[51]	2006	Heart failure LVEF ≤ 35%	50	ClearPath System Nx-301; Nexan Inc, Alpharetta, GA	PSG + PM at sleep lab PM at home
Smith et al[52]	2007	Heart failure LVEF ≤ 45%	20	Embletta; Flaga, Iceland	PSG + PM at sleep lab PM at home
Takama et al[57]	2010	CAD patients	83	Morpheus; Compumedics, Melbourne, Australia	PSG + PM at sleep lab
Danzi-Soares et al[58]	2011	CAD patients	79	Stardust II, Respironics Inc., Murrysville, Pennsylvania, United States	PSG + PM at sleep lab
Oliveira et al[68]	2012	COPD patients	72	Stardust II® (Phillips Respironics, Inc., Murrysville, PA, United States)	PSG + PM at sleep lab PM at home
Lesser et al[78]	2012	Obese pediatric patients (9-18 yr )	25	ApneaLink Plus (PesMed Corporation, Poway, CA)	PSG + PM at sleep lab
Fredheim et al[79] (abstract)	2014	Morbidly obese patients	105	ApneaLink	PM PM + Embletta
Oliveira et al[80]	2014	Obese patients	58	Stardust II® (Phillips Respironics, Inc., Murrysville, PA, United States)	PSG + PM at sleep lab PM at home

PM: Portable monitoring; PSG: Polysomnography; LVEF: Left ventricle ejection fraction; CAD: Coronary artery disease; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.