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ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the Sleep Disordered Breathing Assembly
Matteo Siciliano1, Antonio Fabozzi2, Ozan Kaan Konak3
1Independent researcher, Rome, Italy.
ERJ Open Research
|February 25, 2026
Summary
Precision medicine in sleep is advancing, utilizing continuous data and biomarkers to personalize care. Future sleep medicine will be data-driven, gender-aware, and patient-centered for better outcomes.
Area of Science:
- Sleep medicine
- Biomedical data science
- Personalized healthcare
Background:
- Sleep medicine faces challenges due to disease heterogeneity.
- Current approaches may not fully address individual patient needs.
- Advancements in technology enable new diagnostic and treatment strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To outline the shift towards precision care in sleep medicine.
- To highlight the role of continuous data and biomarkers.
- To describe the future landscape of data-driven, patient-centered sleep healthcare.
Main Methods:
- Review of current trends and future directions in sleep medicine.
- Integration of pathophysiology, continuous monitoring, and personalized biomarkers.
- Focus on addressing sleep disorder heterogeneity.
Main Results:
- Sleep medicine is evolving towards a precision care model.
- Continuous data and personalized biomarkers are key components.
- Future sleep practice will be characterized by data-driven, gender-aware, environment-informed, and patient-centered approaches.
Conclusions:
- Precision medicine offers a pathway to address heterogeneity in sleep disorders.
- The future of sleep medicine relies on integrating diverse data sources.
- A patient-centered, data-driven approach will enhance sleep healthcare delivery.
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