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Learning Objectives

After completing this 4-hour activity, participants will be better able to:

  • Appreciate the health consequences of OSA
  • Recognize risk factors for OSA
  • Interpret testing results used for the diagnosis of OSA
  • Select appropriate treatment based on risk stratification, risk/benefits, and patient considerations
  • Integrate the diagnosis and management of OSA into clinical practice

Activity 1: Presentation and Diagnosis of OSA in Primary Care (Phyllis Zee, MD)

After completing this presentation, participants will be better able to:

  • Recognize the clinical features indicating high risk for OSA
  • List the health consequences of untreated OSA
  • Develop a plan for testing or referral for OSA
  • Describe the metrics used in the description of sleep disordered breathing

Activity 2: OSA and the Principles of Therapy (B. Tucker Woodson, MD)

After completing this presentation, participants will be better able to:

  • List the principles of treatment for OSA
  • Describe the concept of critical closing pressure as a treatment target
  • Match risk stratification with treatment type and outcome
  • Recognize the importance of follow-up for any treatment option

Activity 3: Management of OSA from a Primary Care Perspective (Amit Khanna, MD)

After completing this presentation, participants will be better able to:

  • Develop a strategy to counsel patients before and after treatment for OSA
  • Explain when and how to prescribe Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) therapy
  • Discuss the general principles of management for OSA as a chronic disease
  • Describe the management approach for a patient with OSA who has residual sleepiness

Activity 4: What’s New in OSA: 2011 and Beyond (Amit Khanna, MD)

After completing this presentation, participants will be better able to:

  • Recognize the individual, economic, and societal implications of under diagnosis and suboptimal treatment of OSA.
  • Review the pathophysiology of OSA.
  • Describe mechanisms which account for the effect of OSA on comorbid disease.
  • Describe current research highlighting the benefits of OSA treatment on patient outcomes (morbidity and mortality).
  • Describe recent therapeutic developments in the management of OSA.
  • Explain how to incorporate sleep diagnostic services into clinical practice.
  • Review the primary options available for executing a sleep study: certified sleep center referral and home sleep test.