RPSGT Study Info: Introductory Topic questions
with verified answers
____________ are also known as slow wave sleep (SWS) or Deep NREM
sleep. Ans✓✓✓ Stage N2
______________ is linked to the circadian rhythm (body clock) of body
temperature. Ans✓✓✓ Stage R
1880 Ans✓✓✓ EEG first recorded in animals
1929 Ans✓✓✓ EEG first recorded in humans 1929
1964 Ans✓✓✓ Stanford University, Stanford CA, opens a narcolepsy
clinic, the first sleep disorder center.
1966 Ans✓✓✓ Leg leads added
1970 Ans✓✓✓ Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic expands to evaluate
patients with all types of sleep disorders.
1972 Ans✓✓✓ Respiratory and cardiac sensors added to PSG in the
USA
, 1975 Ans✓✓✓ 5 other sleep disorders centers are in operation and
offering overnight sleep studies.
1975 Ans✓✓✓ Blue Shield of California began to reimburse patients
for sleep services.
1977 Ans✓✓✓ Montefiore Hospital, New York City is first sleep center
to be accredited.
1978 Ans✓✓✓ The establishment of a board exam in sleep medicine
for physicians. Today a board certified physician in sleep medicine is
called a Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine (D, ABSM)
1989 Ans✓✓✓ First fellowship training in sleep medicine for
physicians.
2007 Ans✓✓✓ AASM Scoring Manual released
about 1951 Ans✓✓✓ Eye movement sensors added
Airflow Ans✓✓✓ Respiratory activity of chest and abdomen
Alpha Ans✓✓✓ 8 -13 Hz
with verified answers
____________ are also known as slow wave sleep (SWS) or Deep NREM
sleep. Ans✓✓✓ Stage N2
______________ is linked to the circadian rhythm (body clock) of body
temperature. Ans✓✓✓ Stage R
1880 Ans✓✓✓ EEG first recorded in animals
1929 Ans✓✓✓ EEG first recorded in humans 1929
1964 Ans✓✓✓ Stanford University, Stanford CA, opens a narcolepsy
clinic, the first sleep disorder center.
1966 Ans✓✓✓ Leg leads added
1970 Ans✓✓✓ Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic expands to evaluate
patients with all types of sleep disorders.
1972 Ans✓✓✓ Respiratory and cardiac sensors added to PSG in the
USA
, 1975 Ans✓✓✓ 5 other sleep disorders centers are in operation and
offering overnight sleep studies.
1975 Ans✓✓✓ Blue Shield of California began to reimburse patients
for sleep services.
1977 Ans✓✓✓ Montefiore Hospital, New York City is first sleep center
to be accredited.
1978 Ans✓✓✓ The establishment of a board exam in sleep medicine
for physicians. Today a board certified physician in sleep medicine is
called a Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine (D, ABSM)
1989 Ans✓✓✓ First fellowship training in sleep medicine for
physicians.
2007 Ans✓✓✓ AASM Scoring Manual released
about 1951 Ans✓✓✓ Eye movement sensors added
Airflow Ans✓✓✓ Respiratory activity of chest and abdomen
Alpha Ans✓✓✓ 8 -13 Hz
