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Join the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to share perspectives, exchange best practices, learn the latest developments, and network. If you are a physician, researcher, technologist, nurse, student or other allied health professional, this sleep organization is for you.
Review updated practice guidelines from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). We also offer a convenient e-book for quick, concise reading.
These patient information resources from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine will help you learn about the importance of healthy sleep. The AASM also provides accurate information to help you understand the treatment options for sleep disorders such as insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea.
Established in 1975 as the Association of Sleep Disorders Centers, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is the only professional society dedicated exclusively to the medical subspecialty of sleep medicine.
In addition to adequate sleep duration, healthy sleep requires good quality, appropriate timing, regularity, and the absence of sleep disorders. It is the position of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) that sleep is essential to health.
Promoting high-quality care in sleep medicine has always been a focus of the AASM, which accredited the first sleep center in 1977 and began developing evidence-based practice standards about 25 years ago.
Since 1977, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Standards for Accreditation have been the gold standard by which the medical community and the public evaluate sleep medicine facilities.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine commissioned a task force of four experts in sleep medicine. A systematic review was conducted to identify randomized controlled trials, and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) process was used to assess the evidence.
This comprehensive and evolving resource provides rules for scoring sleep stages, arousals, respiratory events during sleep, movements during sleep and cardiac events. The AASM Scoring Manual also provides guidance on standard montages, electrode placements and technical and digital specifications.
Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnostic Testing for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline. Vishesh K. Kapur, MD, MPH, Dennis H. Auckley, MD, Susmita Chowdhuri, MD, David C. Kuhlmann, MD, Reena Mehra, MD, MS, Kannan Ramar, MBBS, MD, Christopher G. Harrod, MS,