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Managing Alertness in Sleep Center Personnel |
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by Mark R. Rosekind, PhD; John N. Boyd, PhD; and William C. Dement, MD, PhD |
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The sleep medicine community can become a model that can be spread to diverse 24/7 settings throughout society by applying its knowledge of circadian factors, sleep disorders, alertness, and performance |
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Behavioral Treatment of Sleep Disorders: Pediatric Parasomnias |
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by Brett R. Kuhn, PhD |
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Behavioral interventions offer safe, effective, and acceptable solutions for biobehavioral problems such as pediatric parasomnias |
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CPAP Compliance—Fact and Fiction |
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by Tony Sicenica, MD, and Lewis R. Kline, MD |
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The main areas associated with improved CPAP compliance include humidification, mask interfaces, and better patient selection |
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Narcolepsy |
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by Taj M. Jiva, MD |
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Patients with narcolepsy may have various combinations of cataplexy, hypnagogic hallucinations, and sleep paralysis, which are phenomena of REM, indicating an abnormal intrusion of REM sleep into wakefulness |
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Focusing on Curricular Reform |
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by Thomas R. Smalling, MS, RRT, RPFT, RPSGT |
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As the responsibilities and duties of sleep technologists become more demanding, curriculum development and standardization will become increasingly more critical for the ongoing development of the profession |
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Sleep in the Latter Years of Life |
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by Julie Carrier, PhD |
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A better comprehension of age-related changes in sleep regulation will aid in the design of preventive and therapeutic programs adapted to older individuals |
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The Nuts and Bolts of Scoring Apneas and Hypopneas |
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by John Zimmerman, PhD |
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Respiratory events are divided into two categories: apneas and hypopneas, in which airflow is substantially or partially reduced |
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