title: Sleep medicine for surgeons.
abstract: Sleep medicine is an important component of current head and neck surgery practices. Furthermore, obstructive sleep apnea is an anatomic disease of the upper respiratory tract, a region of anatomy best known to head and neck surgeons. If head and neck surgeons choose to participate in the surgical treatment of sleep apnea, they must develop expertise in the evaluation and home sleep testing aspects of sleep apnea. Because positive airway pressure remains the front line treatment, they must also develop expertise in the prescription of positive airway pressure therapy.
authors.affiliation: Continuing Medical Education, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA. tdavidson@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Terence M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D004585:Electrooculography; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008511:Medicine; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000145:classification* / Q000379:methods*; D010808:Physical Examination; D017286:Polysomnography; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology; D013038:Specialization