Sleep Slide Kit
The Sleep Medicine NetWork of the American College of Chest Physicians developed the educational slide kit to (1) educate members of the College about sleep medicine, and (2) help members of the Sleep Medicine NetWork use their expertise to teach others about the important aspects of sleep medicine. These slides may also serve to help those who are preparing for certification examinations in sleep medicine. The slides have been authored by national experts in the field who are excellent, experienced teachers. Educating physicians who are not trained in sleep medicine about this subspecialty will allow more rapid diagnosis and therapy for patients and increase access to specialized care, as needed.
In the United States population, there is a prevalence of approximately 5% for sleep apnea, 10 to 20% for insomnia, and 3 to 15% for restless legs syndrome. Similar findings are found throughout the world. Some 40 million Americans suffer from excessive sleepiness or difficulty sleeping. Sleep disorders may lead to impaired work performance, lost productivity, increased motor vehicle and other types of accidents, and an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (with sleep apnea).
Members of the ACCP Sleep Medicine NetWork are among the leaders in becoming the primary subspecialists who identify and treat patients with sleep disorders. The Educational Sleep Slide Kit will allow physicians to better serve their patients by recognizing, treating, or referring those with possible sleep disorders for treatment, thus resulting in improved health and quality-of-life.
To view a slide presentation, please click on "download presentation." The slides will open in a new window. If you would like to download the file to your Windows-based PC, place your cursor on “download presentation” and "right-click" your mouse. For a Macintosh, hold down the control (ctrl) key while clicking on "download presentation." When prompted, select the "Save Target As" or "Download Linked File" option from the drop down box.
Please contact Jennifer Nemkovich if you have any questions.
Richard Castriotta, MD, FCCP
Chair, Sleep Medicine NetWork
Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD, FCCP
Vice-chair, Sleep Medicine NetWork
| Central Sleep Apnea and Cheyne-Stokes Respiration Timothy I Morganthaler, MD, FCCP |
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| Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders Updated January 2010 Originally submitted June 2007, by Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD, FCCP
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| Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndromes (Ondine’s Curse) Madeleine Grigg-Damberger, MD
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| Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy (CPAP) Updated July 2010, by Dennis Auckley, MD, FCCP Originally submitted June 2007, by Charles W. Atwood Jr, MD, FCCP
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| Insomia Updated January 2010, by Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD, FCCP Originally submitted June 2007, by Bashir Chaudhary, MD, FCCP
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| Medical Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Asher Qureshi, MBBS, FCCP
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| Normal Sleep in the Adult James Parish, MD, FCCP
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| Normal Sleep in the Elderly Susan M. Harding, MD, FCCP
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| Oral Appliances in Adult OSA Robert R. Rogers, DMD
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| Parasomnias James Parish, MD, FCCP
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| Pediatric OSA – Diagnosis Naim S. Bashir, MD, FCCP
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| Pediatric OSA: Treatment Naim S. Bashir, M.D. FCCP
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| Portable Monitoring for OSA Brian Boehlecke, MD, MSPH, FCCP
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| Restless Leg Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movement Disorder Updated August 2010, by David A. Schulman, MD, MPH, FCCP Originally submitted June 2007, by Lee K. Brooks, MD, FCCP
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| Sleep Apnea: Symptoms, Signs, Epidemiology, and Screening Barbara Phillips, MD, FCCP
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| Sleep and Breathing Manifestations of Neurological Disorders Lee K. Brown, MD, FCCP
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| Sleep Disordered Breathing in COPD Steven H. Feinsilver, MD, FCCP
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| Sleep Pharmacology Barbara Phillips, MD, FCCP
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| Ways To Improve CPAP Compliance Joseph Roland Espiritu, MD, FCCP
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Slide Kits
- Educational Slide Kits are developed by the American College of Chest Physicians to educate physicians about a wide variety of topics and to help them use their expertise to teach others about important issues.
