A detection dog for obstructive sleep apnea.

Anni KoskinenAdel BachourJenni VaarnoHeli KoskinenSari RantanenLeif BäckTuomas Klockars

Published in: Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung (2018)

We found that dogs can be trained to distinguish obstructive sleep apnea patients from healthy controls based on the smell of urine. Potentially, dogs could be utilized to identify novel biomarkers or possibly screen for obstructive sleep apnea.

Keyphrases

obstructive sleep apnea
positive airway pressure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
high throughput
patient reported outcomes
label free
high intensity
single cell