Sleep Disorders
Sleep Disorders — Internal Medicine
How it begins
Análisis exhaustivo de la fisiología del sueño, clasificación ICSD-3, diagnóstico polisomnográfico y manejo clínico de insomnio, apnea obstructiva, narcolepsia, parasomnias, trastornos circadianos y del movimiento.
What it covers
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Physiology
- · Sleep Architecture — Phases and Cycles
- · Neurochemistry of Sleep
- · Sleep Regulation — Two-process model (Borbély)
- · Circadian Regulation — The Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)
- · Physiological Functions of Sleep
- · Sleep Needs and Normal Variability
- ICSD-3 Classification
- Diagnostic Evaluation
- · Clinical Sleep History
- · Validated Scales and Questionnaires
- · Polysomnography (PSG)
- · Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
- · Maintenance Wake Test (MWT)
- · Actigraphy
- · Home Sleep Monitoring (HSAT / Respiratory Polygraphy)
- Chronic Insomnia
- · Epidemiology
- · Physiopathological Model — Spielman's 3P
- · Hyperarousal Model
- · Phenomenology of Insomnia — Clinical Subtypes
- · Insomnia as a Comorbidity and Risk Factor
- Insomnia Treatment
- · Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
- · Pharmacotherapy of Insomnia
- · Chronic Insomnia Treatment Algorithm
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSA)
- · Pathophysiology of OSA
- · Consequences of Apneas — Apnea-Arousal Cycle
- · Risk Factors and OSA Clinic
- · Systemic Complications of Untreated OSA
- · Treatment of OSA
- Sleep Disordered Breathing — Hypoventilation and Central Apnea
- · Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS / Pickwick)
- · Central Sleep Apnea (CSA)
- · Sleep-Related Hypoventilation Due to Illness
- Narcolepsy and Hypersomnia of Central Origin
- · Narcolepsy Type 1 (NT1)
- · Narcoleptic Tetrad (CHESS)
- · Treatment of Narcolepsy
- Circadian Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorders
- Parasomnias
- · REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RSBD)
- · NREM Parasomnias — Arousal Disorders
- · Nightmares
- Sleep-Related Movement Disorders
- · Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS / Willis-Ekbom Disease)
- · Secondary RLS — Most frequent causes
- · RLS Treatment
- · Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PEMD)
- · Sleep Bruxism
- Sleep in Systemic Diseases
- Special Populations
- · Dream during Pregnancy
- · Sleep in Children and Adolescents
- · Dream in the Old Man
- · Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Complications and Prognosis
- · Untreated OSAS — Long-Term Consequences
- · Chronic Insomnia — Long-Term Impact
- · Narcolepsy — Evolution and Prognosis
- Multidisciplinary and Integrated Approach
- · Multidisciplinary Team in Sleep Medicine
- · Integrated Monitoring of Patients with Sleep Disorders
- · Preventive Sleep Medicine
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- Subject
- Neurology
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 66
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02