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    This presentation provides an understanding of common disorders affecting respiratory care to identify a patient’s ventilatory deficits and needs to determine how to affectively meet their needs. Dr. Namen discussed transcutaneous / end tidal CO2, respiratory rate and tidal volume and describe treatment pathways and treatment alternatives.

    Description:

    This presentation provides an understanding of common disorders affecting respiratory care to identify a patient’s ventilatory deficits and needs to determine how to affectively meet their needs. Dr. Namen discussed transcutaneous / end tidal CO2, respiratory rate and tidal volume and describe treatment pathways and treatment alternatives.

    学习目标:

    1. Understand common disorders affecting respiratory care
    2. Identify patient ventilatory deficits and needs
    3. Describe treatment pathways and treatment alternative

    Speaker:

    • Dr. Andrew Namen
      Pulmonologist
      Wake Forest Baptist Health

    Recorded: 4/11/2022

    CEC Credit(s): 1.0 CEC for AAST

    Length: 1-hour

    Category: AAST Webinar

    Access Period: 30 days from date of access

    学习目标:

      Understand common disorders affecting respiratory care

      Identify patient ventilatory deficits and needs

      Describe treatment pathways and treatment alternative

    • A companion piece to the AAST Advanced Pediatrics e-Learning Course, this 108-page e-workbook will assist sleep health professionals become more proficient in pediatric care done in the sleep center. This one-of-a-kind e-learning resource follows the BRPT's Pediatric Sleep Certificate Exam Blueprint and is designed to help students close knowledge gaps in pediatric sleep care before sitting for the certificate exam.

      Topics include: Pediatric Polysomnography, Pediatric Scoring, Pediatric Sleep Development & Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, Pediatric Treatment Options & Guides, Pediatric Insomnia & Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, Pediatric Parasomnias & Hypersomnias, and Pediatric Sleep & Medical Disorders in Special Populations. Each chapter also includes questions as a check for knowledge comprehension with an answer bank.

      1. Introduction: The Clinical Sleep Health Professional
      2. The Technologist’s Path to Sleep Care Management
      3. Sleep Basics
      4. Evaluation of Sleep Disorders
      5. Patient Follow-Up and Management for the CCSH
      6. Patient Education and Motivation
      7. 睡在特殊人群
      8. Clinical Presentation of Sleep Disorders
      9. Service Management
      10. Developing Multidisciplinary Programs
      11. The Future of Sleep Medicine and the CCSH Role
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      This webinar discusses alternative therapies in patient diagnosis and treatment, the benefits of combination therapy, and follow up patient care plans.

      This webinar discusses alternative therapies in patient diagnosis and treatment, the benefits of combination therapy, and follow up patient care plans.

      学习目标:

      1. Discuss how to impact patient outcomes
      2. Demonstrate improving outcomes with Combination Therapy
      3. Outline care plans for the CCSH

      Speakers:

      • Kevin M. Adley RPSGT, CCSH
        Clinical Director
        Midwest Dental Sleep Center
      • Andrea Ramberg, RPSGT, BA, CCSH
        RPSGT Clinical Informaticist
        EnsoData
      • Daniel D. Lane, MAPsy, BS, CCSH, RPSGT
        PSG Program Coordinator
        Orange Coast College

      Recorded: 10/25/2021

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0 CEC for AAST

      Length: 1-hour

      Category: AAST Webinar

      Access Period: 30 days from date of access

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      A patient with COPD has a diagnostic portion with OSA and has a split night study using a variety of PAP platforms.

      Description: A patient with COPD has a diagnostic portion with OSA and has a split night study using a variety of PAP platforms.

      Presenter: Richard S. Rosenberg, PhD

      Recorded: 7/12/2019

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家and other allied health professionals.

      Estimated Time to Completion: Approximately one hour

      Category: Case of the Month

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      A patient with Cheyne-Stokes Breathing pattern receives a diagnosis and treatment.

      Description: A patient with Cheyne-Stokes Breathing pattern receives a diagnosis and treatment.

      Presenter: Richard S. Rosenberg, PhD

      Recorded: 7/12/2019

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家and other allied health professionals.

      Estimated Time to Completion: Approximately one hour

      Category: Case of the Month

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      诊断份额n of a sleep study shows severe OSA. But how do we know it's severe? The debate between AHI and other markers of apnea severity is reviewed, including the positions of Drs. Rapaport and Punjabi. The treatment portion of the recording makes it clear that the AHI is inadequate as the technologist attempts to normalize the patient's breathing during sleep.

      Description: The diagnostic portion of a sleep study shows severe OSA. But how do we know it's severe? The debate between AHI and other markers of apnea severity is reviewed, including the positions of Drs. Rapaport and Punjabi. The treatment portion of the recording makes it clear that the AHI is inadequate as the technologist attempts to normalize the patient's breathing during sleep.

      Presenter: Richard S. Rosenberg, PhD

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家and other allied health professionals.

      Estimated Time to Completion: Approximately one hour

      Category: Case of the Month

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      Alpha-Delta Sleep. Does it exist? Is it "alpha intrusion" instead? We explore frequency analysis of two patients to attempt to explain why one is tagged with this finding and the other is not.

      Description: Alpha-Delta Sleep. Does it exist? Is it "alpha intrusion" instead? We explore frequency analysis of two patients to attempt to explain why one is tagged with this finding and the other is not.

      Presenter: Richard S. Rosenberg, PhD

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家and other allied health professionals.

      Estimated Time to Completion: Approximately one hour

      Category: Case of the Month

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      There are various types of headache that show different kinds of impacts on the continuum of the sleep-wake cycle. It's no surprise, as sleep disorders and headaches share multiple pain-perception structures in the brain. Many sleep technologists study patients who complain of headache. The AASM considers headache associated with sleep as one of the most common complaints of sleep disorder patients. KORABELNIKOVA et al seeks to "connect the dots" related to headaches as a comorbidity of sleep disorders, and sleep disorders as a comorbidity of headaches.

      Description: There are various types of headache that show different kinds of impacts on the continuum of the sleep-wake cycle. It's no surprise, as sleep disorders and headaches share multiple pain-perception structures in the brain. Many sleep technologists study patients who complain of headache. The AASM considers headache associated with sleep as one of the most common complaints of sleep disorder patients. KORABELNIKOVA et al seeks to "connect the dots" related to headaches as a comorbidity of sleep disorders, and sleep disorders as a comorbidity of headaches.

      Recorded: 12/13/2021

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家

      Length: 1-hour

      Category: Journal Club

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      While we may or may not always encounter patients with rare genetic disorders, this doesn't mean we shouldn't have at least a cursory idea of what these conditions are and how sleep for these patients may be affected. The genetics of sleep itself, meanwhile, continues to grow as a subject matter in the literature, so it's not a bad idea to better understand these basics, too. This month, we'll take a look at a recent survey of the molecular genetics of human sleep (Zhang & Fu, 2020) for a basic foundation, then we'll become familiar with some rare genetic disorders before reviewing this month's Journal Club study by AGAR et al, which gives a sweeping view of the prevalence and profiles of sleep disorders among those living with these conditions.

      Description: While we may or may not always encounter patients with rare genetic disorders, this doesn't mean we shouldn't have at least a cursory idea of what these conditions are and how sleep for these patients may be affected. The genetics of sleep itself, meanwhile, continues to grow as a subject matter in the literature, so it's not a bad idea to better understand these basics, too. This month, we'll take a look at a recent survey of the molecular genetics of human sleep (Zhang & Fu, 2020) for a basic foundation, then we'll become familiar with some rare genetic disorders before reviewing this month's Journal Club study by AGAR et al, which gives a sweeping view of the prevalence and profiles of sleep disorders among those living with these conditions.

      Recorded: 2/13/2022

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家

      Length: 1-hour

      Category: Journal Club

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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      Since the advent of social media, a wide range of new behaviors has emerged, with many having a negative impact on sleep health. This month, we'll look at some of those behaviors to understand how they impact sleep, then we'll identify sleep hygiene best practices that should be part of our regular discussions with patients. Then, we'll review DHIR et al, which offers up what they discovered when they examined specific social media use behaviors and their impact on both sleep health and sleep hygiene.

      Description: Since the advent of social media, a wide range of new behaviors has emerged, with many having a negative impact on sleep health. This month, we'll look at some of those behaviors to understand how they impact sleep, then we'll identify sleep hygiene best practices that should be part of our regular discussions with patients. Then, we'll review DHIR et al, which offers up what they discovered when they examined specific social media use behaviors and their impact on both sleep health and sleep hygiene.

      Recorded: 4/11/2022

      CEC Credit(s): 1.0

      目标受众:睡眠技术专家

      Length: 1-hour

      Category: Journal Club

      Access Period: 30 days from date of purchase.

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