Hypoxic Burden Based on Automatically Identified Desaturations Is Associated with Adverse Health Outcomes.
Neda EsmaeiliGonzalo LabarcaWen-Hsin HuDaniel VenaLudovico MessineoLaura K GellMohammadreza HajipourLuigi Taranto-MontemurroScott A SandsSusan RedlineAndrew WellmanMohammadreza SehhatiAli AzarbarzinPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2023)
The oximetry-derived hypoxic burden was highly correlated with the hypoxic burden based on manually scored apneas and hypopneas and was associated with EDS, HTN, and CVD mortality with similar effect sizes as previously reported. This method could be incorporated into wearable technology that accurately records oxygen saturation signals.