Sleep Medicine: Current Challenges and its Future, An Issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 16-3 - July 30, 2021
Editor: Barbara Gnidovec Strazisar
Language: English
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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest-edited by Dr. Barbara G Stražišar, focuses on Sleep Medicine: Current Challenges and its Future. This issue is one of four selected ea… Read more

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This issue of Sleep Medicine Clinics, guest-edited by Dr. Barbara G Stražišar, focuses on Sleep Medicine: Current Challenges and its Future. This issue is one of four selected each year by series Consulting Editors, Dr. Teofilo Lee-Chiong and Anna C. Krieger. Articles include but are not limited to: Sleep apnea services during the COVID-19 pandemics. Experiences from the Swedish Sleep Apnea Registry (SESAR), Telemedicine in sleep-disordered breathing. Expanding the horizons, The future of sleep scoring, Networking and certification of sleep professionals and sleep centres. A need for standardized guidelines, New trends and new technologies in sleep medicine. Expanding the accessibility, Sleep medicine in elderly. Reducing the risk of comorbidities at autumn of life, Pediatric sleep medicine. Current Challenges and its Future, Sleep in neurological disorders and Future trends in the treatment of narcolepsy and hypersomnias.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Forthcoming Issues
Contributors
Preface
Prolonged Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Medicine Services—Longitudinal Data from the Swedish Sleep Apnea Registry
Key points
Introduction
Sleep-disordered breathing as a risk factor for COVID-19 infections and worse outcome
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on sleep medicine services
Clinical applications and future research
Summary
Clinics care points
Telemedicine in Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Expanding the Horizons
Key points
Introduction
Diagnostic telemedicine applications
Teletherapy
Patient counseling and therapy reinforcement
Telemanagement of comorbidities
Telemedicine in particular populations
Patient satisfaction
Economic approach
Changing paradigms and expanding horizons
Summary
Clinics Care Points
The Future of Sleep Measurements: A Review and Perspective
Key points
Introduction
Different techniques to measure sleep
Tools for maximizing future sleep measurements
Improved sleep data analysis
Summary
Clinics care points
Future Treatment of Sleep Disorders: Syndromic Approach Versus Management of Treatable Traits?
Key points
Introduction
Clinics care points
Disclosure
New Trends and New Technologies in Sleep Medicine: Expanding Accessibility
Key points
Introduction
Automated sleep scoring
Sensor and device development
Home sleep testing replaces polysomnography
Telemedicine application in management of sleep medicine
Summary
Clinics care points
Sleep and Cardiovascular Risk
Key points
Introduction
Cardiovascular regulation and risks in normal sleep
Cardiovascular risks in sleep disorders
Cardiovascular health as a function of sleep
Interventions to decrease sleep-related cardiovascular risks
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Funding
Sleep in Neurologic Disorders
Key points
Introduction
Sleep and stroke
Sleep and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Sleep and autoimmune encephalitis
Sleep and epilepsy
Sleep and neurodegenerative disorders
Sleep, headache, and traumatic brain injury: the role of the glymphatic system
Clinics care points
Insomnia Burden and Future Perspectives
Key points
Introduction
Social and economic burden of insomnia
Clinical aspects of insomnia
Health care burden of insomnia
Summary
clinics care points
Daylight Saving Time: Pros and Cons
Key points
Introduction
History of daylight saving time
Daylight saving time pros
Daylight saving time cons
Daylight saving time consensus statements
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Sleepiness Behind the Wheel and the Implementation of European Driving Regulations
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology of motor vehicle accidents in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
Mechanisms and predictors of excessive daytime sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnea
Role of questionnaires as screening tools for obstructive sleep apnea in drivers
Evaluation of sleepiness
Driving simulators in the evaluation of fitness to drive
Effectiveness of continuous positive airway pressure treatment in obstructive sleep apnea on driving accident risk
European Union regulations and their implementation
Clinics care points