Download Course Book (Sleep Medicine Essentials + ISR 2022)-Post-Meeting Course Book

Post-Meeting Course Book_SME+ISR

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The first content discusses sleep staging and scoring guidelines, emphasizing the importance of developing a mental template for each patient and providing specific criteria for different sleep stages. The second content explores the neurophysiology of sleep, including arousal promoting systems and sleep promoting systems, as well as the role of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in circadian control. The third content focuses on obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children, covering clinical presentations, diagnostic evaluations, and management options. The fourth content highlights the impact of different life stages on sleep patterns and the development of insomnia symptoms. The fifth content provides information on the use of adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV), positive airway pressure therapy, and other treatments for central sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Finally, the sixth content addresses the management of severe obstructive sleep apnea and the potential challenges with CPAP therapy.

Keywords

sleep staging

scoring guidelines

obstructive sleep apnea

neurophysiology of sleep

suprachiasmatic nucleus

circadian control

children

insomnia symptoms

adaptive servo-ventilation

CPAP therapy