Sleep Medicine

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CHEST Networks are specialty-focused communities that provide forums for leadership, education, and advocacy. The Sleep Medicine Network promotes sleep medicine as a specialty, provides educational and research opportunities, and raises awareness of issues pertinent to the practice of sleep medicine, specifically within home-based mechanical ventilation, neuromuscular disease, nonrespiratory sleep, and respiratory-related sleep disorders.

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RESPIRATORY-RELATED SLEEP DISORDERS SECTION

Sleep and athletic performance
Much of clinical sleep medicine focuses on pathology, but we can help patients reach their athletic goals by strategizing ways to improve sleep.

HOME-BASED MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND NEUROMUSCULAR SECTION

Home high-flow nasal cannula therapy
This treatment is a promising alternative form of respiratory support to NIV and CPAP that has been associated with a reduced number of acute exacerbations.

NONRESPIRATORY SLEEP SECTION

Ending Daylight Saving Time
DST faces opposition due to its impact on sleep-wake cycle disruptions, fatal car accidents, and a higher prevalence of cardiac events.

SLEEP STRATEGIES

Reexamining treatment for RLS: What do the new AASM guidelines teach us?
The key clinical takeaway from the new guidelines is that dopamine agonists are no longer first-line therapy for RLS, and gabapentinoids should be used as primary therapy for most patients.

Should napping be recommended as a health behavior?
Sleep is inexorable—yet humans generally do not get enough of it. Read a column on the impact of napping on health outcomes.

OSA in pregnancy: Who to test, how to screen, and does treatment help?
OSA is more common in women who are pregnant, with guidelines recommending screening for high-risk individuals.

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