Sleep Medicine
From the Journals
8-isoprostane levels predict OSA in children
The biomarker’s levels also correlated with disease severity in children.
From the Journals
Americans are getting more sleep
The younger population gained the most sleep, compared with older people included in the analysis.
Evidence-Based Reviews
Dozing off: Examining excessive daytime sleepiness in psychiatric patients
Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is “the inability to maintain wakefulness and alertness during the major waking periods of the day, with sleep...
Podcasts
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Richa Bhatia, MD, FAPA, discusses the common underlying causes of excessive daytime sleepiness and the importance of screening for and managing...
From the Journals
Poor sleep tied to suicidal behaviors in college students
Watch for specific components of sleep, such as shorter sleep duration and feeling too cold while sleeping, in at-risk college students.
Cases That Test Your Skills
A veteran who is suicidal while sleeping
Mr. R, age 28, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran with major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is awoken by his wife to...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Lupus is quietly killing young women
And does substance abuse trigger schizophrenia?
Pearls
Disordered sleep: Ask the right questions to reveal this hidden confounder
From the Journals
Vehicle crash risk linked to various sleep disorders
Driving at night may be more risky than driving with a sleep disorder at any time of day.
Video
Treat insomnia in depressed, even suicidal, people
W. Vaughn McCall, MD, MS, explains that the relationship among depression, suicidality, and insomnia is more complex than was once thought.
From the Journals
Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
