Head & Neck | Sleep medicine for the ENT Surgeon | Dr Michael Farquhar

Dr Michael Farquhar
- Consultant in Paediatric Sleep Medicine
Evelina London Children’s Hospital London, UK
Guy's And St Thomas Virtual Grand Rounds,
17th June 2020

Curriculum topics (UK Otolaryngology Higher Surgical Training 2017)
1. Paediatric otolaryngology - Obstructive sleep apnoea
2. Otology - Sleep related breathing disorders

02:35 - Sleep physiology and cycle
07:18 - Conditions causing sleep fragmentation in children
07:58 - Obstructive sleep apnoea and sleep disordered breathing
11:14 - Effect of OSA on REM sleep
14:11 - OSA and craniofacial disorders
15:55 - Sleep oximetry and sleep studies
18:11 - Case study of OSA/SDB with example sleep studies
24:35 - Stratifying severity in OSA
28:15 - Polysomnography
32:08 - Treating OSA/SDB
32:46 - Diagnosing and assessing SDB
34:58 - Assessing additional risk factors and deciding to treat
38:06 - Oximetry
40:58 - What to do if no improvement
43:14 - Q&A