Applications

1712 – Out-of-laboratory sleep studies in the diagnosis and management of sleep disordered breathing in children & adolescents

Find out about the service or technology in this application and the medical condition it addresses. You can also view the application documents, the deadlines for providing consultation input and the outcome of the application when the MSAC process is complete.

  • Status Complete
  • Type New application
  • Pre-PASC consultation Closed
  • Pre-MSAC consultation Closed
  • Outcome Not supported

Application details

Reason for application

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Service or technology in this application

Overnight investigation of sleep (8+ hours) outside of a sleep laboratory, consisting of:

  • Full polysomnography - which records brain waves, oxygen level in the blood, heart and breathing rate, as well as eye and leg movements;
  • Cardiorespiratory study - which monitors heart rate, airflow and oxygen level in the body; and
  • Overnight oximetry monitoring to screen for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in children living more than 50km from an accredited paediatric sleep laboratory - which provides a continuous measure of heart rate and amount of oxygen in the blood overnight.

Type: Investigative technology

Medical condition this application addresses

The most prevalent type of sleep disordered breathing is OSA, which is characterised by a narrowing of the upper airway that impairs normal breathing during sleep. This causes the brain to wake you from your sleep for a few seconds, and can happen hundreds of times a night, resulting in a very-broken sleep.

Consultation survey and deadlines

  • PASC consultation: Closed
  • MSAC consultation: Closed Friday 16 February 2024

Meetings to consider this application

  • PASC meeting: 
    • 11–12 August 2022
    • 8–9 December 2022
  • ESC meeting: 15–16 February 2024
  • MSAC meeting: 4–5 April 2024