Sleep and Breathing II
SLEE5014
Aims: To develop understanding of the clinical assessment and management of pathologies of ventilation during sleep; to understand the theory of the current methods of treatment of snoring and sleep apnoea-hypopnoea; to gain knowledge of developing therapies. Content: Clinical Aspects of OSA: The presentation and clinical assessment of OSA. Nocturnal Asthma: Introduction to the pathophysiology of asthma, clinical presentation and management in the context of sleep. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure: The theory and practice of CPAP in the treatment of OSA. Surgical Therapy: Early attempts at a surgical cure. Uvulopalatoplasty and the more modern elegant techniques such as mandibular distraction. Oral Devices: The role of oral appliances for treatment of OSA. Medical Therapy: This module discusses the options such as treatment of obesity and nasal appliances that are used to treat OSA and hypopnoea. Cardiovascular Disease and OSA. The epidemiological and medical evidence for the links between OSA and cardiovascular disease. Bilevel Pressure Support & Automatic Devices. Sophisticated appliances for the treatment of OSA and central apnoeas such as Cheyne-Stokes ventilation.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Postgraduate
Credit points: 4
Commencing semesters: 1, 2
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: SLEE5014
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No