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Vishesh K. Kapur
Researcher at University of Washington
Publications - 96
Citations - 14942
Vishesh K. Kapur is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sleep apnea & Obstructive sleep apnea. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 91 publications receiving 12380 citations. Previous affiliations of Vishesh K. Kapur include Veterans Health Administration.
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Rules for Scoring Respiratory Events in Sleep: Update of the 2007 AASM Manual for the Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events
Richard B. Berry,Rohit Budhiraja,Daniel J. Gottlieb,David Gozal,Conrad Iber,Vishesh K. Kapur,Carole L. Marcus,Reena Mehra,Sairam Parthasarathy,Stuart F. Quan,Susan Redline,Kingman P. Strohl,Sally L. Davidson Ward,Michelle M. Tangredi +13 more
TL;DR: The task force made recommendations concerning recommended and alternative sensors for the detection of apnea and hypopnea to be used during diagnostic and positive airway pressure (PAP) titration polysomnography, and recommended scoring rules.
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Clinical practice guideline for diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea: An American academy of sleep medicine clinical practice guideline
Vishesh K. Kapur,Dennis Auckley,Susmita Chowdhuri,David Kuhlmann,Reena Mehra,Kannan Ramar,Christopher G. Harrod +6 more
TL;DR: This guideline establishes clinical practice recommendations for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in adults and is intended for use in conjunction with other American Academy of Sleep Medicine guidelines on the evaluation and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in adults.
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Practice parameters for the use of actigraphy in the assessment of sleep and sleep disorders: an update for 2007.
Timothy I. Morgenthaler,Cathy A. Alessi,Leah Friedman,Judith A. Owens,Vishesh K. Kapur,Brian Boehlecke,Terry Brown,Andrew L. Chesson,Jack Coleman,Teofilo Lee-Chiong,Jeffrey Pancer,Todd J. Swick +11 more
TL;DR: Actigraphy provides an acceptably accurate estimate of sleep patterns in normal, healthy adult populations and inpatients suspected of certain sleep disorders, and recent research utilizing actigraphy in the assessment and management of sleep disorders has allowed the development of evidence-based recommendations.
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Practice parameters for the psychological and behavioral treatment of insomnia: an update. An american academy of sleep medicine report.
Timothy I. Morgenthaler,Milton Kramer,Cathy A. Alessi,Leah Friedman,Brian Boehlecke,Terry Brown,Jack Coleman,Vishesh K. Kapur,Teofilo Lee-Chiong,Judith A. Owens,Jeffrey Pancer,Todd J. Swick +11 more
TL;DR: These practice parameters provide recommendations regarding behavioral and psychological treatment approaches, which are often effective in primary and secondary insomnia, which replace or modify those published in the 1999 practice parameter paper produced by the American Sleep Disorders Association.
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Practice parameters for the use of continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure devices to treat adult patients with sleep-related breathing disorders.
Clete A. Kushida,Michael R. Littner,Max Hirshkowitz,Timothy I. Morgenthaler,Cathy A. Alessi,Dennis R. Bailey,Brian Boehlecke,Terry Brown,Jack Coleman,Leah Friedman,Sheldon Kapen,Vishesh K. Kapur,Milton Kramer,Teofilo Lee-Chiong,Judith A. Owens,Jeffrey Pancer,Todd J. Swick,Merrill S. Wise +17 more
TL;DR: CPAP is effective for treating OSA and BPAP may be useful in treating some forms of restrictive lung disease or hypoventilation syndromes associated with hypercapnia, and practice parameters for APAP are developed.