Sleep Medicine
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MDedge Daily News: Doctors say no to pot for sleep apnea
And what’s the best antithrombotic therapy after TAVI?
From the Journals
Don’t use cannabis to treat OSA, AASM recommends
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that state legislators, regulators, and health departments exclude OSA as an indication for...
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
Disrupted sleep tied to elevated levels of alexithymia
Researchers reported rising rates of alexithymia in patients with psychiatric conditions such as autism, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and...
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...
From the Journals
Caffeine for apnea of prematurity found safe, effective at 11 years
At 11-year follow-up, caffeine significantly improved visuomotor, visuoperceptual, and visuospatial performance.
Pearls
Disordered sleep: Ask the right questions to reveal this hidden confounder
From the Journals
Different OSA subtypes respond differently to therapy
Researchers identify different subgroups of patients with moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea.
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
Effectiveness, adherence similar for nasal pillows and standard masks
The side effects for patients using nasal pillows were different than those encountered by patients using standard nasal masks.
