Gumb, Tyler
Twumasi, Akosua
Alimokhtari, Shahnaz
Perez, Alan
Black, Kathleen
Rapoport, David M.
Sunderram, Jag
Ayappa, Indu
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (U01OH010415)
National Institutes of Health (K24HL109156)
Article History
Received: 30 December 2016
Revised: 24 July 2017
Accepted: 31 July 2017
First Online: 19 August 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: TG, AT, SA, AP, and KB have no conflicts of interest to disclose.DMR has received support for research from the industry in the past 24 months: grants from Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and speaking and consulting engagements for Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. DMR holds multiple US and foreign patents covering techniques and analysis algorithms for the diagnosis of OSA and techniques for administering CPAP. Several of these have been licensed to Biologics, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, Advanced Brain Monitoring, and Sefam Medical.JS has received support for speaker training from Merck Pharmaceuticals.IA has received support for research from the industry in the past 24 months: grants from Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. IA holds multiple US and foreign patents covering techniques and analysis algorithms for the diagnosis of OSA and techniques for administering CPAP. Several of these have been licensed to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare and Advanced Brain Monitoring.