Quantifying The Ventilatory Control Contribution To Obstructive Sleep Apnoea Using Clinical Polysomnography
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$196,995.00
Summary
Obstructive sleep apnoea is a highly prevalent condition with limited treatment options. New research shows that many patients have sleep apnoea because of a hypersensitive control of breathing (instability). Yet there is no way to measure instability and target it clinically. We aim to refine and apply a powerful new method to measuring breathing instability using a conventional sleep study, to allow treatments for sleep apnoea to be targeted at those patients who will respond most effectively.