What does RDI stand for?

Respiratory Disturbance Index

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The relative risk of death as a function of each transition index was calculated using proportional hazards models, adjusting for age, gender, body mass index, race, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, smoking status, respiratory disturbance index and arousal index.

Poor sleep quality 'raises death risk'

Most patients had moderate to severe OSA; among the entire group, both the respiratory disturbance index and the apnea/hypopnea index ranged from 5 to 99 (median: 40 and 39.

The safety of outpatient UPPP for obstructive sleep apnea: a ...

Sleep apnea was quantified using the respiratory disturbance index (RDI), and moderate to severe apnea was defined as an RDI score of 15 or more respiratory disruptions per hour of sleep.

Sleep apnea increased mortality in 14-year study

Minimal apnea was defined as a respiratory disturbance index of 20 or fewer events per hour as measured by monitored multichannel polysomnography.

Reduction of snoring with a plasma-mediated radiofrequency-based ...

In study after study, objective measures such as scores on the Ep-worth Sleepiness Scale, Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, respiratory disturbance index, and the apnea-hypopnea index did not predict reaction time or driving performance.

Apnea patients' driving can present dilemma

Before surgery, children scheduled to undergo adenotonsillectomy were significantly worse than the control children on several measures of sleep-disordered breathing, including minimum oxygen saturation, an index of obstructive apnea, a respiratory disturbance index, and the apnea-hypopnea index (AHI).

Study strongly links adenotonsillectomy with improved ADHD

We noted each patient's preoperative respiratory disturbance index (RDI), lowest desaturation level (based on a screening sleep study), severity of sleep apnea, and relevant medical conditions.

Respiratory complications following tonsillectomy/UPPP: is step-down ...

The patients' mean respiratory disturbance index, a measure of OSA severity, decreased in the CPAP group from a baseline of 30.

CPAP may improve cognition in Alzheimer's