Causes of hypopnea: correct answers Obesity, nasal passage issues, excessive overbite, large
neck cir, smoking, alcohol, sedatives, menopause
Causes of apnea: correct answers Tongue, overbite, large neck, obesity, large tonsils/ adenoids,
CNS issues, nasal passage problems, smoking, menopause.
Causes of Cheyene-Stokes correct answers Central apnea, meningitis, drug OD, increased ICP,
damage to resp center, CHF
Causes for biots/ ataxic correct answers CNS issue & meningitis
Event criteria: OSA correct answers Cessation of airflow >90% lasting >10s
What is the % feast required to score a hypopnea? correct answers 4%
Criteria for central sleep apnea: correct answers Cessation of airflow by>90%, cessation of chest
movement, for at least 10s
Drugs to treat central sleep apnea (2): correct answers Acetazolamide dimethylxanthine
(theophylline)
Criteria for mixed apnea: correct answers Begins with central apnea, and ends event with OSA
What patient population is most prone to mixed apnea? correct answers Children and infants
Define an EEG arousal correct answers An abrupt shift toward a faster rate
Criteria for RERA: correct answers 30% decrease in flow associated with an arousal lasting 10s
PLMS occur most often in what stage of sleep? correct answers N2
What is the duration required for PLM? correct answers 0.5-10s
When can RLS occur? correct answers During sleep and daytime
Symptoms of REM Behavior Disorder correct answers Acting out dreams, increased muscle
activity in REM (parasomnias), remembering dreams, more common in males
What stage of sleep does Bruxism typically occur? correct answers N2
What two muscles are activated during bruxism? correct answers Temporalis & masseter
What is the max electrical impedance? correct answers 5k O
, Sample rate for EEG: correct answers 500Hz
Sample rate for EOG: correct answers 500Hz
Sample rate for EMG: correct answers 500Hz
Sample rate for ECG: correct answers 500Hz
Sample rate for snore: correct answers 500Hz
Sample rate for Airflow & nasal pressure: correct answers 100Hz
Sample rate for esophageal Pressure: correct answers 100Hz
Sample rage for chest & abdom: correct answers 100Hz
Sample rate for POX: correct answers 25Hz
Sample rate for body position: correct answers 1Hz
Filter settings for EEG, EOG, & ECG: correct answers LFF 0.3Hz - HFF 35Hz
Filter setting for EMG & Snore: correct answers LFF 10Hz- HFF 100Hz
Filter setting for respiration: correct answers LFF 0.1Hz - 15Hz
What stage of sleep do you see phasing bursts of eye movement? correct answers REM
What stage of sleep do you see rolling eye movements? correct answers N1 or sleep onset
Looking down or left causes the EOG tracing to move in which direction? correct answers Apart
Looking up or to the right causes the EOG tracing to move in which direction? correct answers
Together
To score sinus tach the heart rate must be: correct answers >90bpm
To score sinus Brady, the heart rate must be: <40bpm correct answers
To score asystole, there must be a pause of: correct answers >3s
To score wide complex tachycardia, what is the criteria? correct answers Min of 3 consecutive
beats at a rate >100bpm, with QRS duration >120ms
What is the criteria for scoring narrow complex tachycardia? correct answers Min of 3
consecutive beats at a rate > 100bpm, with QRS duration <120ms