- Docente: Fabio Cirignotta
- Credits: 1
- SSD: MED/26
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 8415)
Learning outcomes
The student will be trained in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. The knowledge will be useful in the fields of general medicine and in the various specialties
Course contents
The physiological basis of sleep; the "scoring" of sleep: the new international criteria; clinical and instrumental diagnostic procedures for sleep disorders; how to diagnose and treat insomnia: hypnotics medications and cognitive-behavioral therapy; the circadian rhythm disorders in shift workers and delays \ advances phase; obstructive sleep apnea syndrome ( OSAS) : how to diagnose it and how to treat it
Readings/Bibliography
International Classification of Sleep Disorders - AASM 2014
Teaching methods
frontal lessons
Assessment methods
oral examination
Teaching tools
Slides
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Cirignotta