Standards for Accreditation - Sleep
polysomnography (PSG), Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT), Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT) and HSAT. High Quality Patient Care and Management All qualified sleep medicine physicians and providers must be committed to providing quality patient care.
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Patient Education - American Academy of Sleep Medicine
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Sleep Deprivation 01 29 08 - American Academy of Sleep ...
aasm.orgSleep Deprivation Sleep deprivation occurs when an individual fails to get enough sleep. The amount of sleep that a person needs varies from one person to another, but on average most adults need about seven to eight hours of sleep each
Obstructive Sleep Apnea - American Academy of Sleep …
aasm.orgObstructive Sleep Apnea . Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete halt in airflow despite an ongoing effort to breathe.
Pharmacologic Treatment of Insomnia - American Academy …
aasm.org307 Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2017 Introduction: The purpose of this guideline is to establish clinical practice recommendations for the pharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia in adults, when such treatment is clinically indicated. Unlike previous meta-analyses, which focused on broad classes of drugs, this guideline focuses on individual
Practice Parameters for Clinical Use of the Multiple Sleep ...
aasm.orgexcessive sleepiness, the sleep clinician is responsible for assess-ing response to treatment, and making clinical decisions that affect individual and public safety. In 1992 the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (formerly the American Sleep Disorders Association) published a position paper on the clinical use of the Multiple Sleep Latency Test
SCREENING QUESTIONS - SLEEP HISTORY & PHYSICAL
aasm.orgcommon in adolescents). Ask if they go to bed at 8 pm only to find out that they wake up at 3 am (Advanced Phase Syndrome—more common in the elderly). 11).MEDICATIONS: Ask what medications they are taking or what surgeries have been done to try to help their sleep prob-lem. 12).FAMILY HISTORY: Be sure to get a family history since
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