Otolaryngology:Sleep Apnea: Pathophysiology, Clinical Presentation, and Treatment (Audio-Digest Foundation Otorhinolaryngology Continuing Medical Education (CME) Book 43)

Purpose: Audio-Digest Foundation CME/CE activities are designed to provide its learners – physicians and other healthcare professionals – with continuing education that will help identify clinical problems in their practice settings, provide content to help to solve those problems, and increase their application of knowledge to practice.

Audio-Digest Otolaryngology is specifically designed to provide the participant with state-of-the-art information, including, but not limited to, the diagnosis and management of:

Head and neck cancer
Hearing loss
Sleep apnea
Asthma and allergy
Dysphagia
Otitis media
Thyroid diseases
Sinus diseases
Pediatric diseases
Vestibular disease
Headaches
Skin disease

Educational Objectives

The goal of this program is to improve the management of sleep apnea. After hearing and assimilating this program, the clinician will be better able to:
1. Associate the pathophysiology of sleep apnea with clinical presentations.
2. Recognize the risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea.
3. Distinguish the components of sleep-related airway control and their dysfunctions.
4. Detect sites of obstruction in patients with sleep apnea.
5. Recommend and monitor use of continuous positive airway pressure in patients with sleep apnea.