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Expert Profile: Dave Walsh RRT

Expertise:  Registered Respiratory Therapist and Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner (IL). Thirty-five years in the field of Respiratory Care with the last twenty years spent concentrating in the area of sleep disordered breathing. Established the first hospital based compact multiphysiologic recording program for the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). I`ve been fortunate to have the opportunity over the past fifteen years to travel across the country and train fellow heath care practitioners in the scoring and analysis of compact sleep apnea studies.
I'm proud to have built a comprehensive sleep disorders center in Chicago during the '80s and to then go on and build the first hospital based compact multiphysiologic recording program in the country. I now operate DRW&Associates Inc, providing sleep disorders case management services to the community along with unattended sleep studies done in the home.

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What do you like about this subject?  I have had the opportunity over the years to help people who have sleep disordered breathing such as OSAS and I never tire of seeing the wonderful change in their lives after they are successfully treated.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  I hope to continue publishing articles on sleep disordered breathing and to continue with my research projects on evaluating more effective ways to diagnose and treat sleep disordered breathing in the home setting rather than the hospital lab setting.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS) is one of the most widely under-diagnosed conditions in males aged 40-60. The ratio of male to female cases appears to be 3:2, but the ratio evens out when women reach menopause. We have been unable to identify the exact physiologic mechanisms for this, but when we do we may find the key to treating the disorder is a simple pill!
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  It is often unnecessary to spend a night or two in a hospital sleep lab in order to arrive at a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea. Using the latest in portable multiphysiologic recording devices and autoadjusting treatment units, we are able to successfully diagnose and treat OSAS unattended in the patient's home and do so for less than half the cost of a comparable test in a hospital.
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Dave expresses himself very well and was very helpful--I appreceiate your services
(Earl on 08/23/08)
Thank you very much for your prompt and informative responses to my sleep apnea study.
(Karen on 06/14/08)
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Recent Answers from Dave Walsh RRT
2008-08-26  Sleep apnea concerns Ron: It is very important that you make clear to the anesthetist that although you have not been tested yet, your physician has reason to believe you have obstructive sleep apnea. The current stanard...
2008-08-23  Defective machine? Earl: My hunch is that the machine is probably working as it should but that an auto-set system is not right for you. And no matter what you are told, it does not cost several hundred dollars to set...
2008-08-22  Defective machine? Hi Earl: Let me see if I understand this correctly: your physician prescribed CPAP therapy without a preliminary sleep study? And someone is quoting you $900.00 to "set the pressure" on your current...
2008-06-28  cpap vs bipap in nmd Linda: Well, at least you are being given a choice. As for me, I consider CPAP and BiPAP to be benign forms of therapy with no significant risk. So why wait until you develop worsening symptoms?...
2008-06-27  cpap vs bipap in nmd Linda: No, I don't think you are making too much of this issue. In fact I applaud your enthusiasm in insuring you remain an informed health care consumer. If if were me, I would take a bit of time...
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