Continuing Medical Education
Overview of Programs
- Target Audience
- Learning Objectives
- Faculty
- Disclosures
- Accreditation Statements
- Participant Resources
- Commercial Support
- Contact Information
- Technical Support
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A New Look at Gastroesophageal Reflux:
Old Wine in a New Bottle
Increasing data support the notion that sleep-related reflux is almost invariably associated with prolonged acid mucosal contact and prolonged acid mucosal contact creates a greater risk of reflux gastric acid into the tracheobronchial tract (Johnson and Harmon 1985; Orr et al., 2000). Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) disrupts sleep with clinical complaints of sleepiness and sleep interferes with rapid removal of acid from the esophagus. The clinician needs to be aware of the role of sleep in GERD to be able to diagnose significant and potentially risky GERD and to formulate an appropriate treatment regimen.
This activity from the National Sleep Foundation, in joint sponsorship with the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine, is intended to provide a knowledge-based educational format focusing on the aforementioned topics.
This program was presented at a satellite symposium at the American College of Physicians’ Internal Medicine 2009 meeting on April 23, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA. This program is now available online, free of charge to registered participants and should take approximately one hour to complete.
- Target Audience
- Learning Objectives
- Faculty
- Disclosures
- Accreditation Statements
- Participant Resources
- Commercial Support
- Contact Information
- Technical Support
- Privacy Policy
Insomnia in the Context of Comorbidity
Insomnia is the most commonly occurring of all sleep disorders, yet it frequently goes unrecognized and untreated. New and growing evidence reveals that chronic sleep deprivation may have as its consequence a variety of significant health problems including cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and stroke; obesity, glucose intolerance and diabetes; and increased age-specific mortality. Despite this increase in scientific knowledge, many clinicians fail to treat insomnia and other sleep disorders as complex chronic conditions requiring long-term management approaches.
This activity from the National Sleep Foundation, in joint sponsorship with the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine, is intended to provide a knowledge-based educational format focusing on the aforementioned topics related to the assessment and treatment of insomnia in the context of medical and psychiatric conditions.
This program was presented at a satellite symposium at the American College of Physicians’ Internal Medicine 2009 meeting on April 22, 2009 in Philadelphia, PA. This program is now available online, free of charge to registered participants and should take approximately one hour to complete.
