Sleep and Respiratory Physiology

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Chapter 10 Sleep and Respiratory Physiology Chapter Points • Mechanisms of hypoxemia include high altitude, hypoventilation, mismatch, and shunt. • If hypoxemia is due to hypoventilation alone, the A-a gradient [alveolar PO2…

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Positive Airway Pressure Treatment

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Chapter 19 Positive Airway Pressure Treatment Chapter Points • PAP is the treatment of choice for patients with moderate to severe OSA and is an option in symptomatic patients with mild…

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Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders

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Chapter 26 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders Chapter Points • In humans, the normal circadian period (tau) is approximately 24.2 hours (mean value). Because the period is slightly longer than 24 hours,…

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Sleep and Obstructive Lung Disease

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Chapter 22 Sleep and Obstructive Lung Disease Chapter Points • Patients with COPD may experience NOD without discrete apneas and hypopneas. • In COPD, the NOD is worse during REM sleep. • NOD…

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Cardiac Monitoring during Polysomnography

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Chapter 11 Cardiac Monitoring during Polysomnography Chapter Points • Score sinus tachycardia during sleep for a sustained heart rate > 90 bpm for adults. • Score sinus bradycardia during sleep for a sustained…

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Central Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes

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Chapter 21 Central Sleep Apnea and Hypoventilation Syndromes Chapter Points • Hypocapnic CSA occurs because the PaCO2 falls below the AT. The propensity for this type of central apnea to occur…

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Monitoring Respiration—Technology and Techniques

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Chapter 8 Monitoring Respiration—Technology and Techniques Chapter Points • The recommended sensor to detect apnea is a nasal-oral (oronasal) thermal device. • The recommended sensor to detect hypopnea is the NP signal…

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Sleep Staging in Adults

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Chapter 3 Sleep Staging in Adults Chapter Points • The AASM scoring manual uses new nomenclature for wake and sleep (stages W, N1, N2, N3, and R). Stage N3 replaces stages…

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Clinical Electroencephalography and Nocturnal Epilepsy

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Chapter 27 Clinical Electroencephalography and Nocturnal Epilepsy Chapter Points • Nocturnal epilepsy can be difficult to differentiate from parasomnias because some patients have seizures only at night, scalp EEG findings may…

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