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Advanced Course in Sleep Medicine

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Target Audience: Clinicians preparing to specialize in sleep medicine.

At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to discuss


  • basic mechanisms of sleep including neuroanatomical, neurophysiologic, and neuropharmacological mechanisms
  • basic mechanisms of the circadian sleep/wake system
  • symptomatology and differential diagnoses of sleep disorders
  • the sleep laboratory evaluation process
  • sleep vs. wake EEG data and recognition of sleep stages and arousals
  • abnormal polysomnographic findings and artifact identificaiton

 

Lecture List

  • Circadian Timing System
  • Basic Mechanisms of Sleep
  • Neurotransmitters & Sleep
  • Somnopharmacology
  • Endocrinology & Sleep
  • Melatonin
  • Pediatric Sleep Medicine
  • Sleep & Women’s Issues
  • Sleep & Aging
  • Depressive Disorders & Sleep Impairment
  • Clinical Management of Insomnia
  • Sedatives / Hypnotics: Pharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia


  • Polysomnography: Review of Basic Principles
  • Review of Sleep Stage Scoring


  • Control of Breathing During Sleep
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea vs. Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome
  • The Cardiovascular Impact of OSA / Hypopnea
  • Positive Airway Pressure Therapy for OSA / Hypopnea
  • Upper Airway Surgery in the Treatment of SDB


  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias & REM Behavior Disorder
  • Nocturnal Seizures as Parasomnias

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