While it may not qualify as EE, and be re-titled based on that, saying this= discussion is practicing medicine is over the top... On April 5, 2018 4:32:59 PM EDT, picram@roadrunner.com wrote: >Can we please take this off [EE]. > >I really think the PICLIST is not a good place to be practicing >medicine. > >- - Bob Ammerman >RAm Systems > >-----Original Message----- >From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu On Behalf Of >Art >Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2018 3:54 PM >To: piclist@mit.edu >Subject: Re: [EE] sleep apnea home test? > >Hi Denny, > >The fitbit and Apple monitoring you mention is an accelerometer, >attached to >body limbs. They detect how much the patient moves in the night in >order to >evaluate whether the patients paralysis is normal during sleep AND >whether >the patients eyes open when they are in normal sleep paralysis. These >functions are controlled in a part of the brain just above the brain >stem, >and an abnormal correlation often indicates the patients need for B6. >Note >that serum B6 in the blood is useless-the cells have to be examined >directly >because it's what's on the inside of the cell that counts! Video and >sound >perform a similar function and additionally the sound can monitor >breathing >to see if breathing actually stops during sleep! > >I ordered a 32 GB SD card for my cell phone and plan to take some >overnight >video (with sound) soon. > >Regards and ty for the info! > >Art > >On 04/05/2018 01:38 PM, Denny Esterline wrote: >> Some of the "FitBit" type activity trackers have some kind of sleep=20 >> monitoring functionality built in. >> >> The other fairly simple answer would be to time-lapse video yourself=20 >> sleep and evaluate it manually after the fact. >> >> -Denny >> >> >> > > > >-- >http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change >your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > >--=20 >http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >View/change your membership options at >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .