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Established in 1975 as the Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is the only professional society that is dedicated exclusively to the medical subspecialty of sleep medicine. As the leading voice in the field of sleep medicine, the AASM sets standards and promotes excellence in health care, education and research.
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Is the ASSM an effective political advocate?
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CPAP Shop on-site
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central sleep apnea and morphine pump
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sleep scoring time
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MRSA
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 Portable Monitoring

As the leader in promoting excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) formed the Portable Monitoring Task Force as part of a comprehensive initiative to address the role of unattended portable monitoring (PM) in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).

Using evidence review and a consensus process, the AASM task force developed clinical guidelines that were approved by the AASM board of directors and published in the December 15, 2007, issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. The guidelines recommend the use of PM by AASM-accredit