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B026574 - PHYSIOPATHOLOGY AND SLEEP RECORDING TECHNIQUES
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Learning Objectives
Prerequisites
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Type of Assessment
Academic Year 2017-18
Course year
Second year - Second Semester
Belonging Department
Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio"
Course Type
Single education field course
Scientific Area
MED/48 - NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION
Credits
2
Teaching Hours
24
Teaching Term
26/02/2018 ⇒ 30/04/2019
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Final Grade
Course Content
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Lectureship
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The student will acquire knowledge about the physiopathology of Sleep Waking Systems in addition to sleeping techniques such as polysomnography, actigraphy, Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) and the wakefulness test with particular attention to fittings and recording parameters.
Attention will be devoted to the classification of sleep apnea during sleep and the use and management of CPAP and self-CPAP.
Suggested readings (Search our library's catalogue)
1) O.Mecarelli,Wolters Kluwer. Manuale teorico pratico di Elettroencefalografia. Health Italia, 2009.
2) G.Coccagna. Il sonno e i suoi disturbi. Ed.Piccin, 2000
3) Slides showed during lessons
Learning Objectives
The learner will acquire the necessary skills for collecting the history and performing the sleep study techniques (polysomnography, multiple sleep latency test). Particular attention is given to setting the parameters needed to perform a polysomnographic recording.
It will also develop the ability to identify various sleep stages and identify sleep-related respiratory events (apnea / hypopnea).
Prerequisites
Previous years placements
Teaching Methods
Frontal presentations and discussion of clinical cases proposed by students and / or teachers
Further information
Support Materials:
1) Slides presented at lesson.
2) Articles
Type of Assessment
Multiple choice test