Box 1.

High-needs criteria listed in the electronic sleep study referral for triaging to a hospital-based sleep laboratory (presence of ≥ 1 criteria).

Mobility limitations or additional assistance

Wheelchair or walker

Group living facility

Incontinent

Need an attendant to accompany

Visual impairment

Medical history

Recent hospitalization

Home nocturnal oxygen requirement

Insulin required for diabetes

Cognitive impairment

Neuromuscular disease

History of seizures

Morbid obesity

Tracheostomy present

Class III or IV congestive heart failure

Cardiac arrhythmia

History of myocardial infarction or stroke in past 3 months

Moderate to severe pulmonary disease