Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI)

  • Respiratory Disturbance Index (RDI) is the number of apnoea and hypopnea events per hour during sleep
  • RDI upto 5 per hour is considered normal
  • Based on the the value of RDI, sleep aponea can be classified:
Sleep Apnoea RDI
Mild 5-14
Moderate 15-30
Severe >30